South Korea


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

Upper Age Limits For Clubs Are Common In South Korea. Now Japan Is Following Suit

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The chain claims it merely wants its patrons’ preferences to match its boisterous atmosphere, but the move has sparked... Read more

Coinbase Reportedly Interested In Acquiring South Korean Crypto Exchange Coinone

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South Korea’s third-largest crypto exchange, Coinone, is reportedly looking to sell part of its chairman’s stake, wi... Read more

South Korea To Lift 9-year Ban On Corporate Crypto Investments

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South Korean regulators plan to lift a nine-year ban on corporate crypto investments as the country continues to warm up... Read more

South Koreas Ruling Party Pushes For January Passage Of New Digital Asset Act

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South Korea is pushing to finalize a new digital asset act by January, after ruling and opposition lawmakers agreed on a... Read more

South Koreas FIU To Target More Crypto Exchanges With Sanctions After Upbit Fine

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South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit is preparing to hit several local crypto exchanges with penalties after find... Read more

PENGU Rallies Amid Uptbit Listing And Surge In NFT Sales

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PENGU continued its rally for the second day, after securing a listing on South Korean crypto exchange Upbit. According ... Read more

South Koreas Upbit Launches AI Agent Token VIRTUAL

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South Korea’s largest crypto exchange launches trading support for the Virtuals Protocol token on its platform on Jan.... Read more

Two South Koreans Arrested For Alleged Price Manipulation On Bithumb

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Two South Korean men have been implicated in a case of price manipulation on the crypto exchange Bithumb. The two men al... Read more