South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has issued instructions to have a bill drafted that will contain practical measures to bolster South Korea’s national security by tracking and freezing cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets used by North Korea.
Jung, formerly employed by South Korean crypto exchange Coinone, pled guilty to taking a bribe, according to lawyers from Yonhap. In 2020, broker Hwang Mo allegedly gave Jung 2 billion won ($1.51 million) to list certain digital assets on the platform. When authorities detained other Coinone workers in April 2023, the ‘Furier Coin’ cryptocurrency, which was traded only on Coinone, […]
South Korean prosecutors indicted on April 25 Terraform Labs co-founder Shin Hyun-seung on allegations of fraudulent transactions related to the company’s cryptocurrency project.
The first phase of review for South Korea’s legislation on how to regulate digital assets was passed on Tuesday in the country’s National Assembly.
South Korean prosecutors have raided a payments company founded by Terraform Labs co-founder Daniel Shin.
The South Korean city of Busan has just signed an agreement with crypto exchange FTX.
Cryptocurrency exchanges operating in South Korea must obtain licenses by September 24 to operate legally in the country.
