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| Chun Hang-il |
eBay Korea CEO Chun Hang-ill has been named chairman of the Korea Online Shopping Association, the organization said Thursday.
Chun will be the association's 11th chairman. The decision was reached at a general meeting on Feb. 26, it said.
The former CEO of eBay Japan will represent the interests of e-commerce companies to help them respond more effectively to what the association considers the government's "excessive" regulatory drive that hampers the growth of the burgeoning industry amid explosive demand for contactless commercial and consumer transactions.
The association plans to set up a monitoring center to help members pursue secure commercial transactions and continue building trust between service providers and consumers before increasing its calls to ease regulations.
Chun was quoted by the association as saying he will "try to make the association take the lead in the development and growth of the fast-growing domestic online shopping market."
His work will include laying the groundwork for members to put greater emphasis on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) management.
The association has around 100 large online e-commerce firms as members, including eBay Korea, Coupang, Naver and SSG.com, as well as about 1,500 small- and medium-sized firms.
