Apple opens up third-party app payments in Korea, will still take 26% cut

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on Thursday that developers with iPhone apps distributed exclusively in the South Korean App Store can request to use third-party payment systems instead of Apple’s in-app offering.

But doing so will come at a cost. Apple will require apps that take advantage of the new policy to report all sales to Apple each month and pay a commission of 26% on those sales, according to the…