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Illegal Overseas Direct Purchases Rampant Ahead of Singles' Day and Black Friday… Korea Customs Service Conducts ‘Special Crackdown’

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The Korea Customs Service is launching a two-month special crackdown on direct overseas purchases to coincide with the season for large-scale overseas discount events. The agency announced on this day that it will conduct a "special crackdown on offenders abusing direct overseas purchases" for eight weeks, from the 2nd to the 27th of next month. This comes ahead of China's Singles' Day (November 11) and the U.S. Black Friday (November 27).
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The Korea Customs Service is launching a two-month special crackdown on direct overseas purchases to coincide with the season for large-scale overseas discount events. The agency announced on this day that it will conduct a "special crackdown on offenders abusing direct overseas purchases" for eight weeks, from the 2nd to the 27th of next month. This comes ahead of China's Singles' Day (November 11) and the U.S. Black Friday (November 27).

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한겨레 broke the news on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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