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The company designed Starcraft 2 with spectators in mind and has flown famous Korean players to America to play an exhibition match.
ECONOMIST: Computer gaming
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The USA organizations are just making money bringing korean players to play their tourneys because with them the hype just pours from the sky.
FORBES: Connect
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Last month FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke branded match-fixing a "disease" in an interview with CNN just weeks after lifetime bans were handed to 41 South Korean players found guilty of prearranging matches.
CNN: Match-fixing threatens 'integrity of football in Europe'
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Prior to the Europol announcement, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke told CNN that match-fixing was a "disease" as he responded to lifetime bans handed out in January to 41 South Korean players found guilty of attempting to influence the result of games.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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"We could well see history repeat itself, " Fort said, while noting that South Korea's professional league was forced to reschedule a big load of games last year where times conflicted with Major League games in America--fans were home watching Korean players on television.
FORBES: Major League Baseball Goes Global
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The company pounced when the South Korean flag was shown next to North Korean players on a big screen before an Olympic football game in Glasgow in July and when Chelsea's Eden Hazard clashed with a ball boy in Swansea in January, taking out newspaper ads.
WSJ: Soccer Referee Sponsorship Is Up for Grabs
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Currently there are 11 players from South Korea or of Korean descent on the U.S. PGA Tour.
WSJ: The Swing That Started Korea's Surge
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The Lake House, based on a Korean picture and directed by an Argentinean, features supporting players with a variety of intriguing accents, and it's tempting to say that something's getting lost in translation, except that we are, after all, in the Twilight Zone here, and all those different influences are more interesting than the leads are.
NPR: Double Feature: Playing with Words, and Time
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John Huh, born in New York to South Korean parents, dropped to third on 136 after a 69, while fellow U.S. players Ken Duke, J.
CNN: Tiger vows to 'clean up' after more late lapses at Bay Hill
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Korean conglomerate Samsung, held by Forbes Best Buy fund William Blair International Growth, is a leading maker of DVD players, LCD screens, cell phones and appliances.
FORBES: Money & Investing