"slapped it with a 300 million Won (US$264,000) fine."
Wow, bet that'll hurt 'em.
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has recommended Apple’s local outpost be prosecuted for hampering its investigations into its affairs and slapped it with a 300 million Won (US$264,000) fine. A Wednesday statement by the Commission (FTC) alleges that when investigators visited Apple South Korea, they found the internet and …
Perhaps because the story is about Apple, and not about corruption in or between Samsung and the Korean Government. There was no suggestion nor accusation in the article that the obstruction claims against Apple were fabricated, due to corruption or otherwise, so there was no reason to mention it.
So somebody calls you up, says that they're going to stop by and look at some stuff, you tell them it's no problem and you'll be ready for it all, then you make them sit in a lobby and don't provide them coffee? Which car of your logic train convinced you that you would look like a resonable human?