One out of three South Korean students is too dependent on their smartphone, is at risk of addiction and is having trouble in school, a government poll showed Sunday.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare's survey of 2,510 people aged between 9 and 17, 34 percent spent too much time on their smartphones and had problems controlling their use of the devices.
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Among them, 5.8 percent relied seriously on their smartphone, had problems with their families and suffered from health issues, the survey said.
Boys aged 12-17 and those from lower-income families were more prone to smartphone addiction, it added. (Yonhap)