"Even when I knew in my head I should stop using my smartphone, I just kept going," Yoo said. Yoo Chae-rin, 16, join in smartphone-free activities at a government smartphone addiction camp in Cheonan, South Korea. In 2015, 16% of 15-year-olds in OECD countries spent more than six hours online each day outside school hours, according to a report published in 2017. Dr. Lee Jae-won, a psychiatrist who treats smartphone addiction, said that cycle was a symptom of addiction. Campers decorate their nails at a government-sponsored smartphone addiction camp in Cheonan, South Korea in July, 2019.

Source: CNN October 21, 2019 00:33 UTC