Several hundred South Korean officials hold crypto assets worth a total of 14.4b Korean won
Out of the 2,047 South Korean public officials who submitted asset declaration, 20% reported to owning crypto assets. Seoul City Councilor Kim Hye-young held the largest amount with 1.7 billion KRW.
According to a recent report by local media Munhwa, on March 27 the Government Public Ethics Committee publicly disclosed the detailed report of personal assets held by the country’s public officials as of 2025. Based on information from the ethics watchdog, 411 out of 2,047 public officials directly hold or have invested in cryptocurrency.
This means that 20% of South Korean officials hold cryptocurrency, including the Secretary General of the Labor-Management Development Foundation, President of the Korean National…
