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The latest news on Faker, South Korean professional gamer (League of Legends), including gaming news and updates.
last updated:
4 December, 2024
Fans gathered at AsiaWorld-Expo on September 22 to see the South Korean stars play. Photo: Connor Mycroft
Hong Kong economy

Why is Hong Kong’s esports scene not in the game? More backing needed, fans say

City lags behind others in Asia as esports hub, but slice of rapidly growing US$5.39 billion market still up for grabs.

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Artificial intelligence

Resistance is futile: Channel 4’s Landy Slattery on why AI won’t replace creatives

India

India’s politics descends into an AI arms race as deepfakes threaten elections

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Video gaming

South Korean esports league faces challenges in mainland China after Taiwan controversy

Tencent’s Huya live-streaming platform halted Chinese broadcasts of the new League of Legends season after a South Korean team referred to Taiwan as a country.

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Fans watch screens as South Korea’s T1 take on China’s Weibo Gaming during the League of Legends world final at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on November 19, 2023. Photo: AFP
TV shows and streaming video

Review | Gary Oldman wows in greasy mac as spy in Slow Horses season 3 on Apple TV+

In Slow Horses season 3, Gary Oldman dons his flasher mac for another turn as flatulent spy master Jackson Lamb, while the pandemic’s social ruptures occupy Taiwan-set lockdown anthology At the Moment.

Esports

South Korean superstar gamer Faker wins historic League of Legends championship

South Korean Faker, whose real name is Lee Sang-hyeok, wins a record-breaking fourth world title after defeating China in the finals.

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Esports

Esports fans flock to Seoul for League of Legends world final

South Korean powerhouse T1 will take on China’s Weibo Gaming in front of 16,000 sell-out crowd at Super Bowl of esports.

Cosplayers attend the ‘2023 Worlds Fan Fest’ for the League of Legends World Championship 2023, at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul. Photo: AFP
Asian Games 2023

South Korean players exempt from military service after Asian Games esports gold

League of Legends triumph – without star player Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok – is deemed to meet the requirement of being ‘an athletic prize of national prestige’.

Asian Games 2023

Esports at the Asian Games: everything you need to know

What are the games, how are they played, and who is expected to win? Find out with our handy Hangzhou explainer.

Asian Games 2023

Asian Games: who is Faker, the ‘Unkillable Demon King’ of esports?

A two-time world champion, he’s been dubbed the Michael Jordan and Lionel Messi of esports, now he’s out to add Asian Games gold to his collection, but who is Lee Sang-hyeok, and how much is he actually worth?

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Esports League of Legends South Korean national team player Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (right) walks past supporters during a fan meeting event ahead of the Asian Games: Photo: AFP
South Korea

South Korean esports star Faker could get what BTS couldn’t: military exemption

Potential military service exemption for gamers representing South Korea at the Asian Games has reignited a controversial issue.

South Korean esports player Faker, left, and his colleagues salute the national flag at City Hall in Seoul on August 28. Photo: AFP
TV shows and streaming video

Review | Season 3 of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones mocks megachurches some more

The Righteous Gemstones returns on HBO to lampoon televangelism and the Christian fundamentalist American South, while Lee Jun-ho and Im Yoon-ah clash in Netflix K-drama King the Land.

United States

8 dead, 7 missing after suspected smuggling boats capsize near San Diego

Illegal crossings have soared under US President Joe Biden. Many migrants turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents and are released in the US to pursue their cases in immigration court.

XXIV 2022

Profile | Singaporean bestselling author Kirstin Chen on the regenerative gift of time

The New York Times bestselling author studied at Stanford University and her third book was a Reese’s Book Club pick … so how did she get here?

Meet the author of the New York Times bestseller Counterfeit, Kirstin Chen. Photo: Sarah Deragon
Russia

‘Fake news’ says Russia about Lavrov’s visit to hospital with heart condition

Indonesian government and medical officials said the Russian diplomat was being treated on the resort island for a heart condition. Russian Foreign Ministry called it false reporting.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File
Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Mil Mill’s troubles underline need to make recycling profitable

Readers discuss the urgency to implement a producer responsibility scheme, the doctors faking Covid-19 exemptions and the Hindu view on euthanasia.

BTS

Will BTS be first K-pop stars to bypass South Korea’s military service?

Jin, the band’s oldest member at 29, is due to begin his military service. While there’s government and public support for BTS to bypass enlisting, others they they would not welcome such a move.

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Esports

Who is Faker, the ‘Unkillable Demon King’ of esports?

From high school dropout to League of Legends’ unanimous GOAT, here’s how 25-year-old Lee Sang-hyeok is defying logic once again as he eyes a record-breaking fourth world championship title.

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T1’s Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok competes at the League of Legends World Championship Groups Stage in Reykjavik last year. Photo: Riot Games
Chinese language cinema

‘Love and life’ the themes of Return to Dust, its Chinese director says

China’s northwest, the setting for rural melodrama premiered at the Berlin film festival, is where its director, Li Ruijun, grew up. He talks about encroaching urbanisation in China, and the importance of nature in film.

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Asian Games 2023

Tencent-OCA esports alliance can put Hong Kong on global map

President of the Asian Electronic Sports Federation wants Hong Kong to be part of the qualifying campaign for September’s Hangzhou Asian Games.

Gamers from Malaysia and Vietnam compete in the qualifying rounds of the esports event at the 2019 SEA Games in Manila. Photo: AFP
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