Anna Jiwon Park has been covering the politics at The Korea Times since the summer of 2024, when she joined the press pool for the Office of the President in Korea. Prior to that, she spent about five years reporting extensively on financial markets, regulatory authorities and the financial industry. She joined The Korea Times in 2019 after spending eight years as a broadcast journalist at Arirang TV, Korea’s leading global broadcaster, covering politics, defense and culture.
Blockchain-powered ID card
NongHyup Bank Vice President Jang Seung-hyeun, sixth from left in the second row, raises his fist with bank employees at the NH Digital Innovation Center in southern Seoul, Monday. The lender said that it has started a pilot run of a new mobile ID card system using blockchain-based decentralized identifier technology. Developed with SK Telecom, the system could prevent massive data leaks. / Courtesy of NongHyup Bank
By Anna J. Park