The courts are part of the judiciary not the government though. The government makes the laws and policy etc and the judiciary applies those rules. The ruling didn't add anything because bitcoin obviously has value and accepting that doesnt show an acceptance of bitcoin as a currency or transactional vessel and it was just applying the previous rule to the current situation. The statement in response to that ruling was essentially pointing that out.

Sure i guess any statement that isn't closing doors on bitcoin is a benefit and could be considered good news, but this is far from acknowledgement from the government. I'm not going to hold my breath on anything exciting coming out of Korea until they get on the same train as Japan and make Asia a crypto stronghold.