Virtually addicted: Weaning Koreans off their wired world - CNN.com - 1 views
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Cheong is down to playing two or three hours on "Starcraft" and "World of Warcraft" three times a week,
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The South Korean government estimates that the country has 2 million citizens addicted to the Internet
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Earlier this month a three-month-old baby girl succumbed to malnutrition while her parents spent 12-hour stretches in an Internet café playing the role-playing game Prius Online
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This is an interesting article that speaks to the result of over-engagement. I wonder if this problem is specific to Korea and less so in other countries (if so, what is it about that environment that makes video games so addictive) or if it's only been studied in Korea but could be a similar problem in other parts of the world.