I think what's more sinister is that Korean corporate culture is to become a monopoly, bribe politicians, media executives, alter the law so they are the only p

I think what's more sinister is that Korean corporate culture is to become a monopoly, bribe politicians, media executives, alter the law so they are the only people to do business with, squelch any naysayers, even if it conflicts with the constitution and democracy. They simply do not have Korean consumers in their hearts. It's possible that large game companies like Nexon employs the time tested technique used by large Korean conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai. Example is during the 1990s the Hyundai Comboy (a NES whitelabel) and Samsung labelled SNES games. Anti-japanese sentiments are exploited to make sure any new business venture goes through the handful of conglomerates in Korea. You don't want an impossibly high tariff and restrictions that makes your product unreachable in Korea, than you do business with one company at the time who has bought most of the national assembly.