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South Korean police said Tuesday they had arrested a man for apparently allowing his infant son to starve to death while spending days playing online games at Internet cafes. The case will likely fuel an ongoing debate about the problem of compulsive online gaming in South Korea, where parliament is considering a bill to classify the activity as potentially addictive as drugs, gambling and alcohol.
Online game addiction is seen as a serious problem in South Korea -- one of the world's most wired nations with a thriving gaming industry.
A woman was arrested in 2012 after giving birth in the toilet of an Internet cafe where she had been playing for days, and abandoning the newborn. A national survey carried out by the Science Ministry last year concluded that seven percent of the country's 50 million population were at "high risk" of becoming addicted to Internet use, with the figure rising to 11.7 percent among teenagers. The survey defined addiction using a set of symptoms that included feeling extremely anxious without Internet access and using the Internet to the point of having trouble carrying out normal daily routines. Family groups say the problem has been exacerbated by smartphones which enjoy a 75 percent penetration rate in South Korea.
Source: https://ph.news.yahoo.com/online-addicted-korean-man-arrested-over-sons-death-020719957.html
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I believe something like this happened a couple of years ago as well. A couple was too busy playing video games together that they just didnt feed their infant.
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Progamer and progamer are very different buddy.
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On April 17 2014 11:07 vndestiny wrote: Progamer and progamer are very different buddy. gamer not progamer, mistake on writing the title
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SK south korea or samsung khan? Guess its south korea
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sorry but i find this hilarious, it definitely is very detrimental in the wrong hands but so is everything.
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I just came in here to make sure it wasn't Boxer. Good good.
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with sk's unique gaming culture, i do think they need to pass on this bill. this is getting out of hand. this should be addressed. years ago, there was a news article that a man died from 72+ hours of non stop gaming on a cafe.
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These people are mentally ill and need help. The fact that they played video games has nothing to do with that though imo.
I don't think this guy is a progamer, but just a crazy addict right?
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Yeah definitely not a progamer lol....
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These people are definitely unstable and need to get over what addiction they have before ever thinking about having kids.
That being said, this wasn't a progamer.
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If it wasn't video games it'd be alcohol or something else. You can blame video games or whatever but that's not the root of the problem.
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On April 17 2014 11:15 covetousrat wrote: SK south korea or samsung khan? Guess its south korea Ya, I was also confused at first o.O
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On April 17 2014 11:37 TheFish7 wrote: If it wasn't video games it'd be alcohol or something else. You can blame video games or whatever but that's not the root of the problem.
I don't necessarily agree with this. I'm sure that would be a common argument but video games can be addictive. They provide different "pleasures" than drugs/alcohol/whatever and it can be easy to just keep playing and playing a game all day.
How many times have you put off making food, going out, going to sleep and other normal activities just so you could keep playing? That may not be addiction but it certainly can have some hold on oneself.
or maybe Korean mmo's just too good...
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On April 17 2014 12:03 ToT)OjKa( wrote:Show nested quote +On April 17 2014 11:37 TheFish7 wrote: If it wasn't video games it'd be alcohol or something else. You can blame video games or whatever but that's not the root of the problem. I don't necessarily agree with this. I'm sure that would be a common argument but video games can be addictive. They provide different "pleasures" than drugs/alcohol/whatever and it can be easy to just keep playing and playing a game all day. How many times have you put off making food, going out, going to sleep and other normal activities just so you could keep playing? That may not be addiction but it certainly can have some hold on oneself. or maybe Korean mmo's just too good... "Korean MMO are worth dying for." LOL!
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On April 17 2014 11:21 dRaW wrote: sorry but i find this hilarious, it definitely is very detrimental in the wrong hands but so is everything.
how the hell is a baby starving to death due to negligence funny?
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I don't think there's all that much to discuss here. It's a tragedy but it's also not the first time it's happened.
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