This news was broadcasted in several news channel that The country's crypto-trading craze is so pervasive that the country has developed the term "bitcoin zombie" referring to people who check the cryptocurrency's price around the clock. Even the country's prime minister Lee Nak-yeon expressed concerns over Korea's bitcoin craze, warning that "young people and students are rushing into virtual currency trading to earn huge profits in just a short period of time," and that "it is time for the government to take action as it could lead to serious pathological phenomena if left unchecked" forcing young people into illegal activities like drug dealing.