Posts by Mark Benton

korea Publishes the Working Rules for Tokenised Securities: What Issuers and Platforms Should Know Before February 2027

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Korea Publishes the Working Rules for Tokenised Securities: What Issuers and Platforms Should Know Before February 2027 Mark Benton, Foreign Attorney, AHNSE Law Offices (법무법인 안세) As of 19 October 2026 Readers who followed our recent series on tokenisation in Korea will…

Tokenisation in Korea — Part 3: Longer-Term Reform

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Tokenisation in Korea — Part 3: Longer-Term Reform Mark Benton, Foreign Attorney, AHNSE Law Offices (법무법인 안세) As of September 2026 Parts 1 and 2 covered principles and the present Korean framework. This part looks forward. It starts from a working assumption,…

Tokenisation — Where Other Jurisdictions Stand

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Tokenisation — Where Other Jurisdictions Stand Mark Benton, Foreign Attorney, AHNSE Law Offices (법무법인 안세) As of September 2026 Short comparative note beside the Korea series (Parts 1–3). Path labels are a sketch relative to peers, not a ranked score. “Native” means…

South Korea Inbound Business Monito

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South Korea Inbound Business Monito Introduction The purpose of this report is twofold. 1. Inbound Business tracks inbound business interest in Korea, using intellectual-property activity as a proxy. International trademark filings can provide an early indication that overseas businesses are selling into Korea, preparing to enter the market, protecting…

Tokenization in Korea — Part 2: The Current Framework

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Tokenisation in Korea — Part 2: The Current Framework Part 1 referred to Dostoevsky’s “coined liberty”—the idea that a transferable claim moves value. This part describes how Korea proposes to regulate those claims today. As the law currently stands, companies cannot directly…

Tokenization in Korea — Part 1: Principles for Land and Shares

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Tokenization in Korea — Part 1: Principles for Land and Shares Mark Benton, Foreign Attorney, AHNSE Law Offices (법무법인 안세) As of September 2026 “Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to the man who is deprived of…

South Korea Inbound Business Monitor

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South Korea Inbound Business Monitor August 2026 1. Inbound Business It tracks inbound business interest in Korea, using intellectual-property a ctivity as a proxy. International trademark filings can provide an early indication that overseas businesses are selling into Korea, preparing to enter the market, protecting a future opportunity, licensing…

Korea In bound Business Intelligence Monitor

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South Korea Q2 2026 Executive Summary Open article in a new tab/Window     If you would like further information regarding banking arrangements in Korea, current investment conditions, or structuring options for inbound projects, please feel free to contact me at marktbenton@anse.com…

A time to invest in Korea (with Ahnse Law Offices and Shinhan Bank

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Occasionally you meet some exceptional people. This morningsuch happened. I attended a fantastic meeting at Shinhan Bank’s headquarters in Seoul. I had a particularly useful discussion regarding current banking conditions for foreign investors. Among Korea’s half-dozen or so principal banks, Shinhan Bank…

INBOUND BUSINESS IN KOREA: WHY THE HARDEST BARRIERS ARE NOT IN THE LAW

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INTRODUCTION Foreign companies entering the Korean market rarely underestimate the importance of law. Most arrive well prepared, with trademarks filed and regulatory frameworks reviewed. What they often underestimate is where friction actually arises — not from the written rules themselves, but from…