So apparently the South Korean Justice Minister wants to ban cryptocurrency trading, and to support that tax officials and police even raided local cryptocurrency exchanges, with one of the ever-present concerns on tax evasion.
See the article from Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-bitcoin-law/south-koreas-justice-minister-says-preparing-a-bill-to-ban-cryptocurrency-trading-idUSKBN1F00B7
In the end though, news is news, and the major uptrend of cryptos will continue.