South Korea


South Korea Crypto Remittances Jump 380% In Three Years, Surpassing Banks

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South Korea has seen cryptocurrency-based overseas remittances climb 380% in the past three years, outpacing growth in t... Read more

Bithumb To List Canton In KRW Market As CC Momentum Stays Weak

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Bithumb to list Canton (CC) in its KRW market as weak indicators meet fresh protocol updates and wider institutional bac... Read more

South Korea Arrests 23 Over USDT Laundering For Cambodian Fraud Network

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South Korean authorities have dismantled an alleged cryptocurrency laundering operation that moved 16.8 billion won ($11... Read more

SPX6900 Jumps Nearly 10% As Upbit And Bithumb Open Korean Trading

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SPX6900 rose as Upbit and Bithumb announced Korean market listings, while Bithumb also opened KRW trading for Spacecoin. Read more

Nvidia Expands South Korean AI Partnerships Across Chips, Cloud, And Robotics 

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Nvidia has announced new South Korean partnerships with SK Hynix, Naver, SK Telecom, Doosan Group, LG Group, and Hyundai... Read more

Long Snooze: Is This The Worlds Best Hotel Bed?

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The ‘Curator Suite 1503’ at RYSE, Autograph Collection in Seoul is home to an enormous extra-long bed, which stretch... Read more

South Korea Stablecoin Race Heats Up As KB Tests Offline Payments

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KB Financial completed a won stablecoin pilot for offline QR payments and Vietnam remittances, cutting fees 87% as Korea... Read more

Upbit Listing Puts Privacy AI Token VVV In Koreas Spotlight

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Upbit listed Venice Token with KRW, BTC and USDT pairs as VVV traded near $17.15, down 2.9% over 24 hours. Read more

Ripple Custody Signs South Koreas First Insurance Deal To Pilot Near Real-time Bond Settlement

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Ripple Custody entered a strategic partnership with Kyobo Life Insurance on April 15, making Ripple Custody Korea’s fi... Read more

South Korea Crypto AML Plan Sparks 5.4m Report Warning

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South Korea’s crypto sector warns AML changes could lift suspicious reports to 5.4m yearly, as DAXA urges clearer rule... Read more

Ripple KBank Deal Tests Blockchain Remittances In South Korea

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South Korea’s KBank signed a strategic partnership with Ripple on April 27 to test blockchain-based cross-border remit... Read more

Google DeepMind Joins South Koreas K-Moonshot To Tackle Scientific Challenges With AI

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Google DeepMind has entered into a partnership with South Korea to provide the technical backbone for the country’s K-... Read more

South Korea Pushes For Crypto Circuit Breakers After Bithumb Transfer Error

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The South Korean central bank has called for cryptocurrency exchanges to implement their own “circuit breakers” to p... Read more

Naver Financial Pushes Dunamu Deal To September Amid Regulatory Uncertainty

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South Korea’s Naver Financial has delayed plans for its share swap with crypto exchange Upbit’s parent firm Dunamu. ... Read more

South Korean Regulators Fine Bithumb $24.5M After Uncovering Violations

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Crypto exchange Bithumb will have to pay a fine of 36.8 billion won, about $24.5 million, after it was found to be in vi... Read more

South Koreas Hana Financial And Standard Chartered Partner To Explore Crypto And Stablecoins

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South Korea’s Hana Financial Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Standard Chartered Group to colla... Read more

Flow Foundation Seeks Court Order To Stop FLOW Token Delisting In South Korea

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Flow Foundation and Dapper Labs have filed a motion with the Seoul Central District Court to suspend the termination of ... Read more

South Korea To Review Crypto Seizure Practices After Security Lapses

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South Korea’s finance minister has pledged reforms to strengthen how government agencies manage seized cryptocurrency,... Read more

South Koreas FSS To Probe Whale Manipulation And Spoofing In Crypto Markets

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South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service plans to conduct an investigation into high-risk areas of the virtual asse... Read more

From Instant Noodle Libraries To Saunas: These Airport Lounges Take Pre-flight Relaxation Up A Notch

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From saunas and gyms to Gen Z-inspired social spaces, these are the airports shaking up your pre-flight routine. Read more