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Here is a short article on FiFo about a column on the beloved Nada that made an appearance on Handelsblatt, a German commercial newspaper:
Lee Yun Yeol (Nada),the mascot and the ace card of Pantech EX has recently received attention in a foreign domain.
The German newspaper 'Handelsblatt' shed light on the marketting programme of the Pantech enterprise and its involvement on the Korean e-sports scene, through an interview with Lee Yun Yeol and his progaming team Pantech EX.
The article, entitled "Fast Hand Conquers the Cyberworld" introduced Lee Yun Yeol as "a 21 year old gamer that reaps profit higher than that of an executive" and used a photograph of Lee Yun Yeol wearing a Pantech logo uniform as the front page of their "Europe & International" segment.
In the first line, Handelsblatt described that "The world of Lee Yeun Yeol takes place in his monitor in front of him. The name of this world is called "StarCraft" and this is his lifestyle..." and proceeded to explain how he had achieved his status as a progamer, adding that "he still has a fresh look unlike any other cultural Star" talking of his humility.
Continuing on they said that "Computer games have long since become a part of sport in Korea, dubbed 'e-Sports'" and that "There are 3 channels dealing with the broadcast of games, and 11 progaming teams are all involved with big industries, and through the aid of the gaming-boom the gaming industry is attempting to break out internationally."
Also adding that "Lee Yun Yeol's fan club consist of around 170,000 members" and that "This player's annual earnings are 200 million won and this is a substantial sum, equalling that of a respected business."
-Translated from FiFo-
http://www.fighterforum.com/news/news_read.asp?cat=ISS&idx=12927
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ya i saw this and was very interested. thx for translating!
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Awesome news for progaming and sc. It means its becoming more known with the teams all getting new sponsors, shinhan sponsoring like 3 starleagues. Really nice.
Oh Mr. Fireblast님 is a newsposter.
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yeah thanks for the translation
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DAmn 20k not so bad :/ It reminds me of how awesome it would be if progaming really spread around the globe and not just some niche in korea 
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How much is 2 million won? According to google it's appr 2800 AU$
That seems very shitty for an annual salary =\???
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it's not 2 million won.... that's approx 2000$ usd, i'm sure he makes a lot more than that
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Oh never mind in FiFo it says 200 million not 2 million =P
Typo Fireblast?
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On July 20 2006 07:06 Abang_Zealot wrote:
How much is 2 million won? According to google it's appr 2800 AU$
That seems very shitty for an annual salary =\???
lol I checked it out
1,000,000.00 KRW
South Korea Won = 1,052.966 USD
United States Dollars
1 KRW = 0.00105297 USD 1 USD = 949.698 KRW
edit:it's 200 Million Won
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is there a link to the german newspaper?
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On July 20 2006 07:09 Abang_Zealot wrote:
Oh never mind in FiFo it says 200 million not 2 million =P
Typo Fireblast?
ah yeah sorry ill edit it now
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The article : Click here
Thats the article in *.pdf file :
click here
You will probably need to Log-in to download the *.pdf file and see the article.
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edit: stupid links 
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Nice translation Ty Fireblast!
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On July 20 2006 07:39 HiTexas wrote:The article : Click hereThats the article in *.pdf file : click herethanks You will probably need to Log-in to download the *.pdf file and see the article. Account : TeamLiquid pw : clublife
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this is so crazy!
Thanks for reporting it
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Considering youre the best in the WORLD at what you do.
That amount is nothing short of pathetic.
Look at the worlds most distinguished businessmen, doctors, lawyers, sportsmen and you'll think of it to be true.
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Nada's not the best in the world, nor is he the one that makes the most money. And are you seriously comparing business men and progamers? What the hell?
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nada + oov I think are the progamers who has won the most titels
and that should count as atleast one of the best
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nice!
i reckon nada would lot alot better if he got a haircut 
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Thanks a bunch for translation.
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