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Re: In Korea, all coins are 6-7% more expensive than the world market price..
by
lostbitcoin
on 29/11/2021, 07:14:22 UTC
This is nothing new. This is called the Kimchi premium and has been going on around 2017 or so. And people wanted ways to arb the difference and they ran into issues.

What they found was that it’s very difficult to get money out of the country due to capital controls. And if you are not a citizen or living there it’s even harder to open a bank account and do the transfer.

Hence why there is a large premium.

I am a citizen of Korea, but I am sadly watching this phenomenon.