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South Korea is in the midst of considering bringing aboard further gaming bans for minors after last year’s “Cinderella Law” was put into effect, limiting the number of hours gamers under 18 can play.
The Cinderella Law stopped minors from being able to log into popular games between midnight and 6am. Now a proposed policy from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology hopes to rid users of account privileges if they play for more than two consecutive hours or more than three hours daily.
This is part of the country’s ongoing fight against game addiction in the country. The gaming curfew has not been without controversy, however, with a number of officials making wild claims about the result of extensive video game play.
This includes statements by the secretary general of Children Health National Solidarity in which games were said to be “impulsive, [reducing] ability for resolving social problems and eventually [causing] cerebral disease which drives to death.”
Take a look at our extensive feature overviewing Korea’s Gaming Curfew.
