Koreans try to cure gaming addiction with “Jump Up Internet Rescue School”

The next time someone starts getting bitchcakes about violence in gaming, it’s time to kick them in the face and forcibly jerk it in the direction of Korea. Apparently internet addiction is such an acute problem in Southern Korea that a boot camp has been developed to remind its attendees of "friendship, routine, the outdoors and hard (physical) work." What’s the outdoors, again?
Korean households are extremely tapped into the electronic universe. Roughly ninety percent of these residents have high speed broadbands in their homes. The focus is on MMORPG gaming, which gamers play competitively as a sport. In fact, one can’t walk a block without bumping into an internet cafe, which will inevitably be chock full of Koreans glued rapturously to computer screens. Up to 30 percent of South Koreans under 18 (about 2.4 million people) are at risk of compulsive internet addiction.
Not only does the boot camp exist (and […]

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