Korea

The Bank of Korea plans to launch the second phase of its wholesale CBDC pilot, Project Hangang, as early as September.Two regional banks, Kyongnam...

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service formally began sanctions against Dunamu, Upbit’s operator, after the $36 million November 2025 hack.Upbit faced criticism for delaying the...

SK Hynix became South Korea's most valuable listed company on June 22, 2026, with a market cap of $1.35 trillion.The company's surge is driven...

Radiant Capital is shutting down its core operations after failing to recover from a $50 million exploit attributed to North Korea's Lazarus Group in...

Korea Investment & Securities and OKX Ventures each acquire a 20% stake in the Korean crypto exchange Coinone.The investment creates a shareholding split between...

South Korean prosecutors charged five people with a "rug pull" of the CatFi meme coin on Pump.fun.The landmark case is the first application of...

OKX and Korea Investment & Securities are reportedly negotiating to each acquire roughly 20% of South Korean exchange Coinone.The deal follows recent regulatory action...

Google confirmed cybercriminals used an AI model to develop a zero-day exploit targeting a popular open-source web administration tool, a first-of-its-kind discovery.The exploit bypassed...