After I tried using Bisq, Robosats, LNp2p Telegram bot, etc... (see #596052 for reference), I realized that it is nearly pointless to use these services here, as there are simply no BTC/KRW trades.
I then quite accidentally stumbled on two local Korean services that will probably solve this problem:
- A Telegram group called 비트코인 P2P 장터 (모든 책임은 거래 당사자에 한함) which translates to Bitcoin P2P marketplace (all responsibility is limited to the transaction party). It's by invitation, so let me know if you need an invite. This only makes sense if you're in Korea... the trades are BTC/KRW and the fiat transactions are mostly done using local banking services.
- The website https://lnp2p.site/ (unrelated, asfaik, from the LNp2p Telegram mentioned above). I was told they might migrate to Telegram too. You need a Toss bank account which is only available inside the country (translated from the website: "LNp2p uses Toss Banking's anonymous remittance service to ensure user anonymity. If you do not have a Toss Banking account, you cannot use it, so please prepare a Toss Banking account first.")
Both seem to prefer the BTC transactions to happen over Lightning.
This will probably not interest the majority of people here, but I've seen a few people mention their Korean heritage here, so maybe it'll help them enter the Korean p2p scene, if they haven't already.