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How Southeast Asia became a blockchain hub

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05-Jul-18 A mix of social and economic factors have combined to make Southeast Asia a rapidly developing blockchain technology hub, including the region’s under-subscription to its banking network, with only 27% of the 655 million population holding a bank account. [image: iStock / Asia Times]

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Seoul Hospital to accept cryptocurrency

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05-Jun-18 KMP Health Care Seoul, a hospital that provides outpatient treatment, premium health check-ups, stem cell treatment and cosmetic surgery for Korean and foreign patients, will now provide medical services to customers who pay in cryptocurrency. [image: Business Korea]

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Will blockchain transform healthcare in South Korea?

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04-Jun-18 In Korea, many healthcare companies, tech innovators and others are tinkering with the possibilities of blockchain and the problems it could solve. Analysts say South Korea is a key leader in the blockchain community. [image: Shutterstock / Techwire Asia]

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Southeast Asia’s remittance sector finds a friend in crypto

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04-Jun-18 Southeast Asia could be leading the way in integrating crypto-currencies into mainstream society with companies like Cambodia-based DApact utilizing digital-tokens to provide a record of transactions, or the Filipino company Coins, facilitating transfers in the remittance industry. [image: Reuters / Romeo Ranoco]

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