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  Korea to provide financial support for blockchain and other new growth areas

  Shin Eun-dong 2019-01-24

  The Korean government will provide 15 trillion won in the next three years beginning in 2019 to help strengthen the competitiveness of the domestic industrial ecosystem. Blockchain, in particular, has been selected to be among the three strategic investment groups in the new growth sector, thereby r

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  Seoul mayor vows to innovate administrative services via blockchain

  Shin Eun-dong 2019-01-23

  “2019 will become the first year the blockchain industry will grow remarkably. Seoul City will take the lead in bringing innovative changes in administrative services through blockchain and play the role of pumping water for blockchain’s development.” Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon expressed his aspirati

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  KEB Hana Bank joins Hyperledger, EEA for first time in Korea

  Shin Eun-dong 2019-01-22

  KEB Hana Bank said Tuesday that it had joined Hyperledger and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the global blockchain consortia, for the first time in the Korean banking community ahead of its full-blown service of Global Loyalty Network (GLN) this year. This wrapped up KEB Hana Bank’s endeavor to

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  SK Telecom teams up with Haechi Labs for smart contract system

  Min Seo-yeon 2019-01-22

  Blockchain company Haechi Labs teams up with SK Telecom to implement a point of concept (POC) aimed at commercializing blockchain technology. According to the blockchain industry Monday, the two companies are making efforts to co-develop a blockchain-based smart contract system. The project, which i

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  Blockchain to be used in Korea in issuing certificates electronically

  Min Seo-yeon 2019-01-21

  Various certificates and confirmation documents like resident registration copies, which have been issued only in paper forms, will be issued electronically beginning late this year according to the civil petitioner’s choice.According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety Monday, the Korean g

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  Danal to make equity investment in crypto exchange Huobi Korea

  Shim Doo-bo 2019-01-21

  Integrated payment service provider Danal will make an equity investment in Huobi Korea, a cryptocurrency exchange. Huobi Korea said Monday that it had signed an equity investment contract with Danal, a Kosdaq-listed company, for their strategic relationship alongside a memorandum of understanding (

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  ICON follows Klaytn to build ecosystem with DApp partners

  Shim Doo-bo 2019-01-18

  “No platform without DApps” Projects having blockchain platform services are struggling to expand their range of activities to attract better decentralized application (DApp) teams. What is most notable is that they are trying to form partnerships with DApp teams and support them. ICON, one of Korea

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  'Regulatory sandbox' goes into effect Thursday

  Min Seo-yeon 2019-01-17

  The regulatory sandbox system went into effect Thursday as the Korean government is seeking to promote new technologies and industries by exempting businesses from various regulations. A regulatory sandbox is a mechanism designed to exempt and shelve regulations so companies can perform innovative a

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  ‘Blockchain can give a big boost to economy’

  Janice Yunji Kim 2019-01-17

  “Blockchain will certainly serve as a catalyst for revitalizing the Korean economy. As far as blockchain is concerned, Korea stands a good chance of taking the lead. Now it’s necessary to promote blockchain technology at the national level because it has become one of the growth engines to lead the

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  Korea to announce results of ICO survey in January

  Shin Eun-dong 2019-01-17

  The Korean government will announce the results of its survey of initial coin offerings (ICOs) by the end of this month. The government is likely to keep its position of “banning all types of ICOs across the board.” “The results of the ICO survey, which has been implemented under the initiative of t

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  KB, LG to work on joint projects based on new technologies

  Janice Yunji Kim 2019-01-16

  KB Financial Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LG Group for joint projects involving new digital technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). Under the MOU signed Monday, the two groups will jointly develop goods and services based on blockchain, AI and I

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  EBC Foundation to apply blockchain to Jeju tax refund project

  Park Hyun-young 2019-01-14

  What should foreigners do if they are to get VAT (value-added tax) refunds for commodities bought domestically? It’s not easy for a foreigner to get a tax refund. He or she must receive a tax refund slip at the time of purchase and have his or her commodity carry-out report confirmed by presenting a

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  Korea to launch regulatory sandbox program next week

  Shin Eun-dong 2019-01-11

  Korea will introduce a regulatory sandbox system next week to prevent existing regulations from dragging new technologies and industries down. To help businesses identify the existence of regulations swiftly, a “quick regulation identification” scheme will be adopted; “test exemption” and “temporary

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  KT to apply cloud-based BaaS platform to in-house services

  Min Seo-yeon 2019-01-10

  KT will apply the cloud-based BaaS (Blockchain as a Service) platform to its in-house services for the first time in the Korean business community. KT said Thursday that it had developed the cloud-based BaaS platform to offer an environment in which domestic companies can develop blockchain services

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  TEMCO joins hands with 6gram to build livestock product platform

  Shin Eun-dong 2019-01-09

  TEMCO, a blockchain-powered supply chain platform, and 6gram, a livestock distribution management startup, will join hands to build a livestock product distribution platform. The two companies announced Wednesday that they would co-develop a platform where bitcoin smart contract technology is applie