South Korea’s 7-Eleven stores will accept payments in the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) until June, as the retailer participates in the test phase of its CBDC project.

South Korean Central Bank kicks off CBDC trials starting next month The Bank of Korea has revealed that it will commence trials for its CBDC project called “Hangang” from April to June in ...

A 7-Eleven store in Seoul, South Korea. (Source: Baribandi [CC BY-SA 2.0 kr]) The stores will allow digital won holders to pay at tills using QR codes from their CBDC wallets. Some 100,000 South ...

South Korea's former labor minister Kim Moon-soo was reinstated Saturday as his conservative party's presidential candidate - ...