Just eight month after its release back in April 2020 BINANCE will shut down it's local Korean exchange binance.kr . In a notice published binance Korea said it's difficult to operate the local exchange because of low liquidity and scarce trading volumes.
Closing schedule is as follows:
- Closure of registrations on 24th December.
- Closure of trading services on 10th January 2021.
- Hard shutdown on 29th January 2021.
After the hard shutdown accounts of binance KR users will be inaccessible. Binance users who have BKRW a token issued by binance KR will have the option to swap the BKRW into BUSD.
Source:
https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/bb6b093d902742f08eb92c75536e0da4