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Well, that didn't take long. Quick to ride on the Pokémon Go craze is South Korean startup SocialNetwork Co., who is already creating a similar augmented reality game to the Niantic version.

The hit mobile game Pokémon Go hasn't launched in South Korea yet. But fans who simply can't wait to "catch 'em all" are making their way to the northeast border of the country, just outside of ...