Questioned by a lawmaker on the government's plans to regulate the market, Kim Dong-yeon said "there is no intention to ban or suppress cryptocurrency (market)."
"Regulating exchanges is (the government)'s immediate task," Kim said. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim, Shin-hyung Lee; Editing by Kim Coghill)South Korea doesn't intend to shut down virtual coin trading: finance minister
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