Friday 11 January 2013

Horses to the rescue of Korea's Internet-addicted teens

A 14-year old girl, who preferred to be identified only by her surname, Kim, rides a horse at Riding Healing Center in Incheon INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) - Four months ago, the parents of a teenage South Korean girl were at their wits' end over her addiction to surfing the Internet for pornography. But now, thanks to a horse riding therapy program, their daughter appears to be back in control of her life. In South Korea, the world's most wired country and where almost two-thirds of the population owns a smartphone, addiction to the Internet has become a major problem. Government data says 680,000 children aged between 10 and 19 are Internet addicts, or around 10 percent of the age group. ...




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