South Korean Beachgoers Can Now Use Bitcoin to Pay for Services
A pilot project run by Bitbeat-affiliate company CIC Enterprise wants to provide crypto payment solutions at two of the busiest beaches of the country for...
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Major South Korean Bank Joins the Crypto Custody Business
KB Kookmin Bank, one of the largest banks in South Korea, has partnered with blockchain venture fund, Hashed, and crypto trading platform, Cumberland Korea, to...
Major South Korean Bank Joins the Crypto Custody Business
KB Kookmin Bank, one of the largest banks in South Korea, has partnered with blockchain venture fund, Hashed, and crypto trading platform, Cumberland Korea, to...
Even Asymptomatic People Carry the Coronavirus in High Amounts
Of all the coronavirus’s qualities, perhaps the most surprising has been that seemingly healthy people can spread it to others. This trait has made the...
Why Did Hong Kong Delay Its Election — by a Year?
ImageMembers of the Civic Party at a news conference in Hong Kong on Thursday after 12 candidates were barred from running in the legislative election in...
WHO warns of drawn out pandemic as South Africa cases top 500,000
The UN health agency warned that the coronavirus pandemic would be lengthy and could lead to “response fatigue”, as the case count in South Africa...
Tanzania bans Kenya Airways over omission from countries to resume flights
Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways from flying into the country until further notice. The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) said in a statement that is...
North Korea Thinks He Brought Covid-19. South Korea Wants to Arrest Him.
SEOUL, South Korea — Three years ago, out of work and hungry, Kim Geum-hyok climbed Mount White Horse near his North Korean hometown, Kaesong, brooding...
Chainlink Brings FX Rates Data From Top Korean Banks to DeFi
Chainlink (LINK) is integrating with CenterPrime to bring a foreign exchange, or FX, rate data feed from the Korean banks to the DeFi space. “A...
Yoo Hyuk-kee, South Korea’s Most-Wanted Man, Arrested in New York
SEOUL, South Korea — One of South Korea’s most notorious fugitives was arrested in the United States this week on embezzlement charges at home...