South Korea kicks off rehabilitation program to cure mobile phone addicts

South Korea’s wireless infrastructure blows the US’s mobile environment out of the water. The country’s wireless networks are some of the most advanced in the world – and South Korean network operators push feature-packed, highly-advanced mobile phones into their customers’ pockets. In a country where cellphones outnumber landlines (68% cell, 49% land), is it any wonder that Koreans, especially teens, are starting to display addictive behavior towards their mobile gadgets?

So, in an effort to try and curb teenagers’ mobile phone addictions, SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) and the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion are collaborating on the School Beautiful Movement. The program marks what is believed to be the world’s first effort to help fight cellphone addiction through research and education. Twelve elementary, middle and high schools will be enrolled in the pilot program at the School Beautiful Movement – in which the students will be discussing their mobile phone use, how they feel when they’re without their precious gadgets, and what habits constitute proper mobile phone use.

We might need some sort of mobile phone addiction rehabilitation ourselves.

[Via: FarEastGizmos]