Inside Riot Games' long bet on Korea's cultural heritage

One of the largest corporate supporters of Korean cultural heritage preservation is not a museum or a cultural institution, but an American video game company.

Since launching its Korean operations in 2011, League of Legends developer Riot Games has made cultural heritage preservation a centerpiece of its corporate social responsibility program.

The company's initiative has spanned the repatriation of cultural artifacts, conservation projects and collaborations that bring traditional Korean cult ...