Culture and business of PC bangs in Korea

Games and Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-37

  Huhh, Jun Sok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Broadband internet in Korea; Korean online games; Lineage; PC bang; StarCraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749133953     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412007309525     Document Type: Article

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