Crypto Vote Could Be Key as South Korea Chooses its Next President
South Korea goes to the polls on March 9 to elect its next President – and crypto is likely to play a major role in determining the outcome. After a tense and bitter campaigning period, the former prosecutor-general Yoon...
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South Korea goes to the polls on March 9 to elect its next President – and crypto is likely to play a major role in determining the outcome.
After a tense and bitter campaigning period, the former prosecutor-general Yoon Suk-yeol, of the main opposition People’s Power Party is hoping to dislodge the ruling Democratic Party. The latter’s candidate is Lee Jae-myung, the 57-year-old former governor of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea’s richest and most populous region....
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