As Twitch Exits South Korea, Creators Host Wild Farewell

Back in 2023, the CEO of Twitch, Dan Clancy, mentioned that Twitch would stop operating in Korea. The reason behind it was mostly because Twitch was going through a loss trying to operate in Korea, and he quoted in a official blog post that it was “prohibitively expensive.”

Just because it’s running at a loss in the region doesn’t necessarily mean there’s no creator from that area at all, right?

The creators who had already made their fanbase were devastated to hear this news.

They were forced to shift websites or pursue a whole different career option altogether.

Finally, the matter came into action, and Twitch announced its last working day in Korea as February 27, 2024.

Twitch Stops Operation In Korea

Here comes the little controversial part.

Of course, it was a very sad news for existing creators that Twitch gone down in an area.

But to take edge of the last day, some Korean creators like Daeyong 2, and Irin-Chan misused the platform.

They live-cast the pornographic content, like adult games, revealing costumes, videos, and more.

Usually, if these things are shown live, the account gets banned, but as it was their last working day, people were enjoying streaming it live.

Some of the videos have gone viral on the internet, which has led to a massive uproar as other users did not find the visuals suitable to watch.

The content is still not down from the platform, too, and people are stating that the moderators are not doing their job well.

Also, it is reported that the government of South Korea imposed a huge $300K fine on Twitch for breaking laws which weighed down the ban issue more.

However, as Twitch has stopped its operation in the region, the creators have shifted platforms, and they’re all out with a bang.