The price of ethereum's ether token has risen sharply over the past 24 hours, reaching levels not seen for over two months.
Litecoin prices have surged over the past 24 hours, reaching a new all-time high following a month of sideways trading.
An electronics retail marketplace in South Korea has reportedly taken the unusual step of banning vendors from mining bitcoin or ether.
Efforts to regulate the use of cryptocurrencies in South Korea are moving forward with a proposed series of legislative amendments.
South Korean bitcoin exchange Coinplug has announed a new joint remittance venture with the fintech subsidiary of Japan-based investment group SBI.
A revision to domestic law in South Korea could soon set the stage for the nascent cryptocurrency industry to be regulated.
South Korea's largest bitcoin and ether exchange is moving to compensate users after its data systems were compromised.
A subsidiary of multinational electronics firm LG has announced it intends to investigate blockchain use cases in finance.
The South Korea government plans to auction 216 bitcoins that it confiscated during a 2016 criminal investigation.
A subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate SK Group has launched a new blockchain service focused on trade logistics.
Bank of Korea has published a new working paper that speculates on how a cryptocurrency economy would impact central banks.
A South Korean provincial government recently tapped technology developed by blockchain startup Blocko for a vote on community funding.
The Bank of Korea has published research on issues it believes could hinder distributed ledger adoption, with a "supernode" being one solution.
Coinplug CEO Ryan Uhr looks at how blockchain technology has fared in Korea over the last 12 months and makes some predictions for 2017.
A new blockchain consortium has been formed in South Korea, with both established finance firms and technology startups on its membership roster.