Overview
- Kim Bom-suk submitted a statement that he will not attend a two-day National Assembly hearing this week, with similar nonattendance notices from his brother Yoo Kim and former Korea chief Kang Han-seung.
- In his first public apology, Kim pledged a customer compensation plan and cybersecurity reforms, acknowledging an overdue response to a breach affecting about 33.7 million accounts.
- The Ministry of Science and ICT and Seoul police described Coupang’s disclosures as unilateral, saying findings have not been confirmed by the joint public–private investigation.
- Coupang asserts a former employee acted alone, that about 3,000 accounts were saved on the suspect’s personal computer, that devices were recovered and data was restored, and that no external transfer or sale occurred.
- Former Korea CEO Park Dae-jun and interim CEO Harold Rogers are expected to appear at the hearing, and lawmakers have signaled potential legal action over the founder’s repeated absences.