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Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
South Korea's King of Computer Gaming
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January 28, 2017
9 minutes
Available for over a year
In the early 2000s, competitive computer-gaming, or eSports, began to take off in South Korea before spreading to the rest of the world. Ashley Byrne talks to e-gamer, Lim Yo-hwan, nicknamed Boxer, one of the biggest names in the new sport.
(Photo: An e-gamer taking part in a tournament in South Korea. Credit: Getty Images)