The FUD news is still ongoing and the bitcoin price is nearing the $9k at this moment. South Korean officials made some remarked on possibly banning cryptocurrency trading then later another said they imposed a sweeping new regulations on the market. It seems that FUD is generally conducted by some governments suggesting that they ban cryptocurrencies in their countries. Reading only the headlines in the news can also generates FUD if you don't read the full story or whole article.
Yes, most of the people will not read the complete details about the News and start speculating about their headlines and this makes a lot of people panic about the news. I heard that they are going to collect 5% of the people who are making profits through trading the cryptocurrencies.