Those who regularly try to restore their faith in mankind after reading or hearing atrocious stories in the news will certainly have one heck of a time with this story from South Korea.
A couple was arrested this week when their 3-month-old infant died due to starvation. The baby was neglected because the married couple was busy playing online games in an internet café. According to the police, the 41-year-old husband and 25-year-old wife were spending as much as 12 hours a night playing at the online café.
Unsurprisingly, the unemployed couple met in an online chat room last 2008. With no means for a home of their own, the two went to live under the roof of the wife’s parents. It was also reported that even the wife’s pregnancy did not stop the couple from participating in what is known as “PC Bangs”. PC Bangs are small dark internet parlors that are rampant in Korean streets, where an estimated half of the population participates in online games.
After the autopsy of the premature baby, it was discovered that she died of malnourishment. The couple further admitted that they would sometimes spank the baby and feed her with powdered milk that was way past the expiration date. Ironically, the couple was addicted to a game called PRIUS where they were busy raising and feeding their virtual child.

This is not the first time that news of this nature has spread in South Korea. There have also been cases where game-addicted teenagers have sat down and played the game for such a long time that they died of dehydration and exhaustion.

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