Event Brief
Six petrochemical firms indicted for price-fixing
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Oct 01, 2026 at 12:11 AM ET
Summary: South Korea’s Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office indicted six petrochemical companies and more than 40 current and former officials for allegedly fixing prices on eight petrochemical products worth over 16 trillion won. The alleged collusion ran from November 2021 to April this year, prosecutors said.
WHO: Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office; six petrochemical companies (LG Chem, Aekyung Chemical, OCI, Lotte Fine Chemical, PKC, Unid) and 43 current and former executives and employees
WHAT: Indicted six petrochemical companies and over 40 current and former officials for alleged price-fixing on eight petrochemical products.
WHEN: Oct 1, 2026
WHERE: South Korea
WHY: Prosecutors charged the suspects with allegedly colluding to fix prices for eight petrochemical products between November 2021 and April this year.
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