Bagaimana Korea Mengatasi Wabah Kecanduan Internet

Korea termasuk negara yang koneksi internet broadband-nya lancar jaya; tak heran kalau negara itu juga mendapat wabah kecanduan internet yang cukup tinggi, terutama dari kalangan remaja. Lalu solusinya? Masukkan saja mereka ke dalam kamp khusus yang terisolasi dari internet (tanpa ponsel, apalagi komputer). Di sana mereka diajari beragam skill dunia nyata, mulai dari olahraga, kelas musik, kerajinan tangan, hingga berkuda. Intinya, kata seorang konselor, membuka mata mereka terhadap akivitas dan gaya hidup yang tidak melibatkan internet.

clipped from www.nytimes.com The compound — part boot camp, part rehab center — resembles programs around the world for troubled youths. Drill instructors drive young men through military-style obstacle courses, counselors lead group sessions, and there are even therapeutic workshops on pottery and drumming. But these young people are not battling alcohol or drugs. Rather, they have severe cases of what many in this country believe is a new and potentially deadly addiction: cyberspace. participants live at the camp, where they are denied computer use and allowed only one hour of cellphone calls a day, to prevent them from playing online games via the phone. They also follow a rigorous regimen of physical exercise and group activities, like horseback riding, aimed at building emotional connections to the real world and weakening those with the virtual one. “It is most important to provide them experience of a lifestyle without the Internet,” said Lee Yun-hee, a counselor. “Young Koreans don’t know what this is like.”

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