Google is facing an antitrust investigation in South Korea less than 24 hours after being hit with a $6.8m competition fine in Russia
Google is being investigated by South Korea's antitrust regulator over concerns the search giant has violated competition laws.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission revealed the investigation in a brief statement, while Reuters has reported that the watchdog inspected Google's Seoul HQ last month.
The KFTC has investigated Google before. In 2013, the regulator cleared Google of wrongdoing following a probe into whether the company hurt competition by forcing smartphone makers using Android to pre-load its search engine on the handsets.
Google is also facing potential antitrust charges within the EU, and this comes just a day after it was fined $6.8m in Russia over competition violations with its Android software.
Russia's anti-monopoly service ruled that Google forced smartphone manufacturers to pre-install Google products on their devices, and the tech giant is also facing antitrust charges inside the EU.