South Korea’s new president will bolster crypto, but scandals prevail
President Lee Jae-myung rose from being a child laborer in post-war South Korea to becoming a crypto-friendly leader of one of the world’s largest digital asset markets.
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President Lee Jae-myung rose from being a child laborer in post-war South Korea to becoming a crypto-friendly leader of one of the world’s largest digital asset markets.
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