On July 11, Jeon Seok-Hong, director of Yeouido Institute, attended the "Conference on Fair and Mutually Beneficial Policies for the Internet Industry" held at Yeouido Institute in Seoul.

On July 11, Saenuri Party and its think tank Yeouido Institute held a policy conference to discuss the causes of monopoly of giant portal sites such as Naver and the solutions.

Saenuri Party assemblyman Kim Yong-Tae and Institute officials looked a bit surprised to see many journalists that gathered more than ever, which seemed to prove that portal giant Naver and its "gap-eul relations" had become a political hot potato.

In Korea, a business partnership is often called “gap-eul” relations. The ‘gap’ refers to those who give orders while the ‘eul’ is a bidder or contractor. In Korea, the relations are lopsided and in extreme cases, the "gap-eup" is also disparagingly called as "master-slave" relationship.

Assemblyman Kim Yong Tae said, "We are willing to discover damages made due to portal providers' illegal actions and furthermore, we are willing to take legal actions."
Seoul University professor Lee Sang Seung pointed out that the most important issue to be solved in Naver is opening its judgment standard of media for its newly introduced news stand.

Prof. Lee said, "It's very important for Naver to open its judgment standard on how they pick press."

Byun Hee-Jae, head of Media Watch, said, "Keyword search power refers to being "gap" over every internet content business. At the moment, the people of this country confirm those press that are exposed in Naver search as the only ones, and therefore making the Naver worker in charge of keyword searching, the person in charge of the whole press confirmation."

Byun Hee-Jae criticized, "If it doesn't make it to Naver, it doesn't become a press as a result. Nobody knows how Naver judges those press and how it blocks press from being searched. Its abuse of keyword searching power starts right there."

When Naver was criticized for using its keyword search power on its product promotion, Hang Jong-Ho, Executive Director of Policy at NHN, said, "Portal does not expose ads to everyone. It shows ads related to keywords. What does it have to do with mobile ads that are aired just before 9 o'clock news on TV?"

Byun Hee-Jae said, "Today, around 60 articles on this conference would come out. See if any of those articles are exposed on Naver portal's main page. It's like a large company owning a press and defending its own company. It's a severe insult that a portal judging press to be searched."

Assemblyman Kim Yong Tae concluded, "Legal actions will be certainly made concerning the issue."

On July 11, Kwon Young-Jin, deputy director of Yeouido Institute, attended the "Conference on Fair and Mutually Beneficial Policies for the Internet Industry" held at Yeouido Institute in Seoul.