South Korea's finance minister said the government has no plans to shut down cryptocurrency trading, welcome news for investors worried that authorities might go as far as China's tough action in blocking virtual coin platforms.
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1FK09JAs expected, they will not ban it like China. They just want to regulate it to avoid using it in illegal activities. It will create pressure in the leadership if they ban it because many South Korean citizen are already in the train of cryptocurrency and it is hard to change it specially if many legit business is already in it.