The American live broadcasting platform Nervous twitching announced the closure of its service in South Korea on Wednesday from February due to the high costs of using the network in the country.

The Amazon-owned company said it had reached a situation where It was “impossible” for him to continue his activities in South Korea. denotes a statement signed by the President, Dan Clancy.

The company blamed network usage fees, saying costs were “ten times higher than in most other countries.” “Twitch operations in South Korea end on February 27, 2024″the statement added.

Twitch had already announced in March that the elimination of more than 400 jobs South Koreaclaiming that its activities were influenced “by the macroeconomic environment.”

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The platform, which allows real-time interaction with broadcasters, has become extremely popular and has a wide presence among video game fans in the hyper-connected Northeast Asian country.

South Korea is known for its passionate, competitive and dedicated community of players, including the great star Faker, sometimes celebrated as the Michael Jordan of electronic sports.

Unlike most countries, South Korea allows internet providers to charge extra fees to companies that use a lot of dataas is the case with platform.

The South Korean internet provider SK Broadband already had a legal dispute about this with the online viewing platform Netflix, with which it reached an agreement last month. (JO)