https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/south-korea-considers-closing-all-virtual-currency-exchanges.html >South Korea's financial regulator chief says the government is considering shutting down all local virtual currency exchanges in a national policy committee meeting on Thursday. >"(The government) is considering both shutting down all local virtual currency exchanges or just the ones who have been violating the law," said Choi Jong-ku, chief of Financial Services Commission, to a question from a parliament member.