South Korea trade envoy: told USTR Greer Coupang probe is not a trade issue

SEOUL, Jan 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's probe of e-commerce platform Coupang is just like any conducted against a domestic company that had a customer data leak, top trade envoy Yeo Han-koo said on Saturday he had told U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

The case against New York-listed Coupang must be handled separately from a trade issue, Yeo said he told Greer at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Some U.S. lawmakers and investors have accused the South Korean government of unfairly targeting Coupang, which generates most of its revenue in Korea.

In November, Coupang disclosed that personal data for more than 33 million customers were compromised, triggering a backlash from South Korean lawmakers and the public and prompting a wide-ranging investigation and lawsuits against the company.