South Korean baseball underlined its continuing growth by posting a record $33 million in revenue last year, local media reported on Wednesday.

Winning gold at the Beijing Olympic Games and finishing runners-up at the 2009 World Baseball Classic boosted baseball's popularity and attendances crossed the 7 million mark for the first time last year.

The league pocketed 35 billion won ($32.9 million) in 2012 the report said citing figures from the Korea Baseball Organization.

The league received 25 billion won from its television broadcasting contract and 8 billion from corporate sponsorship, while 2 billion came from merchandise sales.

AFP - Global Times