The government in South Korea is taking four big oil companies to court. These companies made fuel prices too high.

韓國政府正將四家大型石油公司起訴到法院。這些公司將燃料價格定得過高。

Four companies are HD Hyundai Oilbank, SK Energy, GS Caltex, and S-Oil. Two companies decided to raise fuel prices together. The other two companies did the same thing. They did this when the US and Iran had problems.

這四家公司分別是 HD Hyundai Oilbank、SK Energy、GS Caltex 和 S-Oil。其中兩家公司決定共同調高燃料價格，另外兩家公司也採取了同樣的行動。他們是在美國與伊朗發生問題時這樣做的。

This cost people a lot of money. The government says the cost was 26 trillion won. This is about 17 billion US dollars. The companies did this for a long time.

這讓民眾支付了大量資金。政府表示成本為 26 兆韓元，約合 170 億美元。這些公司長期以來一直如此操作。

Now, the rules are stricter. Companies must pay more money if they break the law. President Lee Jae Myung wants to punish companies that are not honest. But, the stock prices for these companies went up.

現在規則更加嚴格。公司如果違法必須支付更多罰金。李在明總統希望懲罰不誠實的公司。然而，這些公司的股價卻上漲了。

The four companies have legal problems. The government now uses bigger fines for these mistakes.

這四家公司目前面臨法律問題。政府現在針對這些錯誤採取更高的罰金。