Korean couple addicted to virtual life let real-life baby starve to death
A Korean couple addicted to computer games let their real-life baby starve to death while raising a virtual daughter online, police said Thursday.
The couple spent up to 12 hours a day at Internet cafes, leaving their three-month-old daughter home alone at their apartment in Suwon, South Korea. Police said the couple became obsessed with living online and neglected their real lives.
They raised an avatar baby through their profiles on a Second Life-style game called PRIUS, while their real daughter was given just one bottle of milk a day. Father Kim Yoo-chul, 41, and mom Choi Mi-sun, 25, called the emergency services when they returned from one online session in September last year and found their daughter dead.
