The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday rejected a report by U.S. lawmakers criticizing Korean authorities’ handling of Coupang regarding its customer data leak from last year, saying the report overlooked the company's violations of Korean law and only defended the American firm. The ministry said the House Judiciary Committee’s interim staff report released on the committee’s website on Wednesday (local time) had a half-eyed view toward the massive data leak discovered last November. "We express regret that the report appears to reflect only Coupang's claims in a one-sided manner," ministry spokesperson Park Il said in a press briefing, saying that the Korean government has been “faithfully” transparent to the United States as to Korean authorities’ process of investigation over Coupang. Park said all Korean investigations and measures regarding Coupang are being conducted lawfully and non-discriminatorily in accordance with our domestic laws, and our government guarantees a fair corporate operating environment regardless of nationality. “Therefore, the report's claim