Nearly 1 in 10 drug suspects used virtual assets

A growing share of suspects in South Korea are using virtual assets to buy and sell drugs, police data showed Thursday, adding to concerns that online tools are making transactions harder to trace. Virtual assets were used by 9.2 percent of suspects in drug crimes reported from January to April this year, up from 8.4 percent in 2025, according to National Police Agency data submitted to Rep. Park Soo-min of the main opposition People Power Party. Police tallied the share of drug suspects who use

By The Korea Herald