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N. Korea Appears to Have Tried Cryptocurrency Mining

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have tried to mine cryptocurrencies on a small scale as transactions of such coins are hard to trace and could be easily used to launder real money, a local report showed Monday. The report, compiled by a research unit of South Korea’s state-run Korea Development [...]

Government Considering Task Force to Regulate Cryptocurrencies

SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The government is mulling plans to launch a task force dedicated to dealing with issues related to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin speculation and hacking attacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. According to the Ministry of Justice on Monday, plans are being considered by the government to launch a task force to more [...]