National Geographicâs Taboo series looks at gaming and internet addiction in South Korea in tonightâs episode, focusing on a â15-year-old South Korean boy in rehab because heâs hooked on video games.â
The National Geographic Channel touches on the struggle of teenager Hung Gu, who attends the Internet Rescue Schoolâs rehab program. NatGeoâs story on South Koreaâs âgaming epidemicâ is tied with other unusual addictions like a California womanâs addiction to anonymous sexââmeeting countless partners in parking lots to satisfy her insatiable appetiteââand an Australian who has shopped himself into $100,000 in debt.
Taboo airs on the National Geographic Channel tonight, Monday, May 9, 2011, at 10 PM ET/PT.
Taboo: Addiction [National Geographic Channel]
