A bill is heading towards the Korean parliament aimed at curbing the exchange of virtual currency. In other words, it's a gold farmer crackdown. While it would not impact on the exchange of items, it would ban outright the sale or exchange of virtual currency. It's estimated that around $600,000,000 worth of the $1 billion item exchange market in Korea comes from gold farming, so that's a chunky slice of the pie.

You can debate the pros and cons of regulating virtual economies until the cows come home, kick their feet up and crack open a beer and it won't make a lick of difference: MMORPG games are now big money, and wherever you find big money you'll find the government sniffing around, either wanting their share of the profits or, as in this case, reminding people that money doesn't come free. Luke Plunkett

Korea considering gold farming regulation [ars technica]