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Sporting Witness: South Korea's King of Computer Gaming

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South Korea's King of Computer Gaming

28/01/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, South Korea's King of Computer Gaming

How Lim Yo-hwan, also known as Boxer, became one of the biggest names in eSports.

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)

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