A South Korean consultant, left, has a questionnaire from students how many hours they use Internet a day, during a special session for Internet addiction prevention at their school in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea is at the forefront of information technology, with one of the world's highest rates of high-speed broadband connections. More than 90 percent of South Korean households have broadband Internet access, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But such a feat has come at a high price tag for South Korea: 2 million Internet addicts and a growing list of gruesome crimes committed by those apparently unable to distinguish the virtual from the real. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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