Korea: Mobile Phone Addiction Emerging as New Problem
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One out of four Koreans can be categorized as cell phone addicts that need treatment, according to a local consumer research outfit Tuesday. I got a good laughfrom this line right here: “The worst-case scenario is double-addiction involving the Internet and cell phone at the same time.”
Marketing Insight said its poll, conducted in March, showed 23.7 percent of 9,836 respondents were obsessive mobile phone users, who refuse to part with the hand-held gadget even for a second. Up to 36.2 percent replied they cannot turn the handset off even when they are supposed to do so like watching a movie or a play in the theater.
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