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South Korea's fight against AI-aided financial scams faces challenges

By Choonsik Yoo ( November 18, 2025, 06:51 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea’s new National Counter Scam Bureau has quickly become the country’s main hub for tackling cyber financial crimes, coordinating police, regulators and ministries to counter rising AI-driven fraud. Despite early progress, however, its work is hindered by legal and cross-border barriers that slow responses and limit its authority to act swiftly against suspects.South Korea’s new multi-agency task force to combat cyber financial crimes has made notable progress in its first few weeks of operation, but its efforts continue to face hurdles from legal and cross-border barriers and from advantages criminals have in using artificial intelligence and other digital tools....

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