Twitch is shuttering its services in South Korea next year, claiming network fees are '10 times more expensive than in most other countries'

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Twitch has announced it's pulling its service from South Korea in less than three months, citing high operation costs as the reason why.

In a blog post on its website, CEO Dan Clancy offered an explanation to the shutdown: "Ultimately, the cost to operate Twitch in Korea is prohibitively expensive and we have spent significant effort working to reduce these costs so that we could find a way for the Twitch business to remain in Korea."