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South Korea Announces Daily MMO Blackouts For Youths

Posted by Soulskill on from the probably-just-making-more-time-for-starcraft dept.

eldavojohn writes "GamePolitics reports that South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has announced two new policies that will force underage gamers to pick a six-hour block of time (midnight-6 AM,1-7 AM, or 2-8 AM) where they will not be able to play 19 online role-playing games. While it targets most popular MMORPGs, some popular games like Lineage were left off the list."

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  1. Re:Freedom? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm not seeing it. It should be left to the Parents to decide what kids should be doing late at night, and I'd certainly prefer my kid be home during those hours, rather than outside getting into trouble.

    IMHO.

    Yeah, but we're talking about gooks here. They'll eat your dog.

  2. Bitch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    mistake of elect1ng wor5thwhile. It's