Korean e-sports grows 15 percent, gamers earn 97 mln won yearly on average
Nov 27, 2017
The South Korean online gaming industry continues to grow, as do gamers' earnings, data showed Monday.The report on the 2017 online game industry, jointly published by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency, showed that the country's online gaming sector grew by 14.9 percent to reach 83 billion won ($76.2 million) as of 2016. It was 60 billion won in 2014 and 72.3 billion won in 2015. Korea takes up 14.9 percent of the global market, which is estimated