 And South Korea's parliament has approved a bill that bans major app store operators such as Google and Apple from foreign software developers to use their payment systems. It effectively stops the tech giants from charging commissions on in-app purchases. It is a first such move by a major economy on the likes of Apple and Google and which face global criticism for requiring the use of proprietary payment systems that charge commissions of up to 30%. The final vote was 180 in favour out of 188 attending to pass the amendment to the Telecommunications Business Act.