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Playing from her grandmothers store room this gamer earns Rs 36 lakhs every month

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For many gamers, COVID-19 has been a blessing in disguise. As coronavirus-induced lockdown forced people across the world to stay indoors, some people made the most of it.

None more so than Kim Min-kyo, who has being making a fortune, just by playing video games for up to 15 hours a day. He has been live streaming those games and has been watched by thousands of fans. In a converted storeroom on the roof of his mother’s Seoul apartment, he has been minting money, literally.

None more so than Kim Min-kyo, who has being making a fortune, just by playing video games for up to 15 hours a day. He has been live streaming those games and has been watched by thousands of fans. In a converted storeroom on the roof of his mother’s Seoul apartment, he has been minting money, literally.

a man standing in front of a computer: AFP

The cramped studio is an unlikely home for a budding millionaire, but the 24-year-old’s gaming prowess — mixed with quick-witted commentary and high-school-level humour — has seen his income climb to about $50,000 a month (Rs 36 lakh).

That puts him well into the top one percent of earners in South Korea, but he remains grounded and doesn’t let it effect his humble lifestyle. “I’m not really into cars or spending lots of money,” said Kim, who eats, sleeps, washes and works in the small space.

“My mum manages all my income so I never have a lot of money on me,” he told AFP.

a cluttered desk with a computer on a table: AFP

Live streamers, known as “Broadcast Jockeys” or BJs in South Korea, are hard-wired to the digital infrastructure of youth culture. They entertain for hours with an interactive mishmash of chat, gaming, dance, music, eating, getting drunk or even just sleeping.

A few can earn over $100,000 in a good month from broadcasting live on home grown platform AfreecaTV, and uploading edited content to YouTube.

Kim, who often streams himself playing online battle game League of Legends in his pyjamas, builds on his content with conversations that flirt with the country’s social boundaries. “Maybe sometimes you need to do something absurd to attract followers,” he acknowledged.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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