A South Korean bitcoin exchange is moving to declare bankruptcy following what it said was a debilitating cyber attack.
South Korea's spy agency beileves a recent run of hacking attacks on domestic cryptocurrency exchanges is linked to North Korea.
The South Korean government is considering a range of policy options in order to curb what it called an "overheating of virtual currency speculation."
South Korea's NongHyup Bank has joined the R3 distributed ledger consortium, saying it will launch a pilot blockchain project.
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon reportedly frets about kids selling drugs and pyramid schemes while regulators draft rules for South Korea's exchanges.
The price of bitcoin is trading above $10,000 at several South Korea-based bitcoin exchanges, market data reveals.
The governor of a South Korean financial regulator has said it has "no plans" to supervise cryptocurrency trading.
The head of South Korea's central bank has ruled out classifying bitcoin as a currency, according to a new report.
South Korean fintech firm Dunamu has launched open beta services for its new cryptocurrency exchange platform Upbit.
Law enforcement officials have confirmed that hackers from North Korea sought to steal bitcoins from exchanges in South Korea.
South Korea’s financial regulator has prohibited blockchain token sales today, as well as ordering a halt to cryptocurrency margin trading.
Gaming firm Nexon has agreed to buy a majority stake in South Korea's Korbit cryptocurrency exchange for roughly $80 million.
South Korea is getting a new cryptocurrency exchange – one backed by an already established fintech firm called Dunamu.
Actors tied to the isolated nation have been involved in attacks on crypto exchanges in South Korea, a prominent U.S.cybersecurity firm said.
SBI Ripple Asia will reportedly start testing its blockchain-based funds-transfer system between Japanese and South Korean banks by the end of 2017.