Providing Opportunities for Participation in Recreational Sports
and Expanding the Base
Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) announced on the 27th that it held the '1st Yongsan Disabled eSports Festival' at the Baekbeom Kim Koo Memorial Hall in Hyochang-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, in collaboration with the Yongsan-gu Disabled Welfare Center.
The winners of the 1st Yongsan Disabled eSports Festival are taking a commemorative photo after the awards ceremony. [Photo by Grand Korea Leisure (GKL)]
The Yongsan Disabled eSports Festival is part of the 'Business Agreement for Fulfilling Social Responsibility' signed last year between GKL and Yongsan-gu. It was conducted to address the difficulties faced by people with developmental disabilities in accessing IT media, provide opportunities for participation in recreational sports, expand the base of disabled eSports, and create jobs.
The competition was organized by disability type into intellectual disabilities and physical/hearing disabilities. The game titles included three categories: KartRider (Drift), FIFA Online 4, and League of Legends (demonstration). Through a 5-to-1 competition, 32 finalists were selected after the preliminary rounds.
On the day, the first-place winners in each category were: in the intellectual disability division, KartRider (Drift) Yoon Jun-il, FIFA Online 4 Kim Tae-hyuk, League of Legends Yang Eun-ho; in the physical/hearing disability division, KartRider (Drift) Choi Ji-o, FIFA Online 4 Park Joo-hyun, League of Legends Seol Jin; and in the integrated event, FIFA Online 4 Kim Jae-woo.
Kim Young-san, President of GKL, said, "I hope this festival will be a great opportunity to promote independence and diverse social participation for people with disabilities," adding, "We will continue to fulfill the responsibilities of a public enterprise and do our best to create social value."
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