Preparations for a Naver IPO are underway following an agreement between Naver Financial and cryptocurrency exchange operator Dunamu…

South Korean genAI startup Upstage has raised 180 billion won (US$120 million) in a Series C round backed…

Ripple has partnered with Kyobo Life Insurance to pilot a settlement system for tokenised government bonds in Korea,…

South Korea’s central bank is urging local cryptocurrency exchanges to adopt stock market style circuit breakers, driving a…

South Korean crypto exchange operator Dunamu and US blockchain firm Circle have signed a MoU to improve transparency…

South Korean digital asset exchange Bithumb has signed a MoU with Circle, the issuer of USDC, to cooperate…

International travelers in South Korea can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for public transport…

Kaia DLT Foundation has announced plans to formally enable the issuance and circulation of a won-based stablecoin on…

Bank Indonesia and the Bank of Korea have launched cross-border QR payment connectivity between Indonesia and South Korea,…

Mastercard has completed a live, authenticated agentic transaction in South Korea, marking a key development in AI-powered commerce.…

In East Asia, Mainland China represents the region’s biggest and most influential fintech markets, marked by the ubiquity…

South Korea’s Naver said it plans to deploy AI agents across all of its services within the year,…

Crypto.com has partnered with KG Inicis, Payment Gateway (PG) and Value Added Network (VAN) provider in South Korea,…

Bithumb will face a six-month partial business suspension and a 36.8 billion won (around US$28 million) penalty over…

The South Korean government is expanding its global AI partnerships beyond OpenAI, as it reviews potential policy cooperation…

Financial authorities plan to impose significant sanctions on virtual asset exchange Bithumb for breaching anti-money laundering obligations. The…

South Korean regulators and lawmakers have agreed to cap major shareholder stakes in cryptocurrency exchanges at 20%, despite…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Korea is accelerating infrastructure investment this year. It is also expanding into the public…

South Korea’s central bank has reiterated that regulators should initially permit only licensed commercial banks to issue won-denominated…

Naver has announced measures following an incident in which around 15,000 users’ activity histories on Knowledge iN were…