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No pain, no game: how South Korea turned itself into a gaming powerhouse

25 décembre 2025 à 01:05

Gaming was once compared to drugs, gambling and alcohol in South Korea. Now its gaming academies offer a chance to earn a six-figure salary – if you make the grade

Son Si-woo remembers the moment his mother turned off his computer. He was midway through an interview to become a professional gamer.

“She said when I played computer games, my personality got worse, that I was addicted to games,” the 27-year-old recalls.

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© Photograph: Office of the President of South Korea

© Photograph: Office of the President of South Korea

© Photograph: Office of the President of South Korea

Trump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras

Winning margin of 28,000 votes announced a month late but before review of all ‘inconsistent’ ballots was completed

Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’s presidential election after a vote count that dragged on for almost a month and was marred by fraud allegations and criticism of interference by the US president.

The rightwing Asfura, 67, a construction magnate and former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, secured 40.27% of the vote, against 39.53% for the centre-right Salvador Nasralla, a margin of just 28,000 votes.

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© Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images

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