SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Medium-sized cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea have discontinued trading pairs and payment services using the Korean currency as financial regulators are set to enforce tougher rules, according to market watchers Friday. By next Friday, both foreign and local cryptocurrency exchanges targeting Korean investors must register with the nation’s anti-money [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has set afoot efforts to promote the sale of modular home electronics products, aimed at enabling consumers to freely attach or detach specific functions or change external appearances of home electronics products just like they do for furniture. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards said Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has decided to approve transparent OLED display advertising through the windows of public transport, welcome news for display maker LG Display Co., the only producer of such a product. While announcing recent cases of regulatory innovation, the office of government policy coordination revealed that it had decided [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Ko Kwang-nam invested 5 million won (US$4,251) in cryptocurrencies but lost about half of his holdings as the nation’s cryptocurrency markets showed signs of cooling down ahead of tougher regulations. As things stand, Ko, a 30-something office worker in Seoul, is likely to lose most of holdings because he [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Electric scooter sharing companies are stepping up to diversify by introducing electric bicycles, or building parking spaces reserved for personal mobility vehicles. Following setbacks caused by a new mandatory helmet policy and stricter enforcement on illegal parking, these startups are trying to come up with alternative means of survival. [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is considering a measure that would require butane canisters to have an explosion prevention function starting in 2023. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced a plan to require all types of butane canisters to be explosion proof by revising the enforcement ordinance of the High [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Government officials and public employees involved in real estate affairs will be required to register their assets with the authorities, the Ministry of Personnel Management said Sunday. The ministry last week preannounced the latest revision to the enforcement ordinance of the Public Service Ethics Act. The new rules will [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent analysis showed that South Korea’s legal framework has created very high barriers to entry compared to other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Chung Man-ki, Chairman of the Korea Industry Alliance Forum, said in a forum held on Wednesday that according to the Product Market [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of accidents related to the use of compound bows, primarily used for leisure activities, has sparked controversy over how to restrict their use. The controversy began after a teenage son shot his father with a compound bow last month during an argument, resulting in a court’s probation [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s financial regulator is set to partially lift its ban on short selling of listed stocks starting next week, about 14 months after it imposed it to cope with a stock market rout triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although retail investors have urged financial authorities to prohibit the [...]