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S. Korean game addict accused of killing baby

 
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flakfizer



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:24 am    Post subject: S. Korean game addict accused of killing baby Reply with quote

http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120405001053

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A South Korean woman has been detained for killing her baby who was born while she was playing online games, police said Thursday.

They said the 26-year-old gave birth while at an Internet cafe in Seoul on March 25. She allegedly put the infant in a plastic bag, sealed it and dumped it in a nearby parking lot.


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In 2010 a mother killed her three-year-old son while she was tired from Internet game-playing. Also in 2010, a 15-year-old boy committed suicide after killing his mother for scolding him over excessive playing of computer games.

A 41-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison in the same year after he and his wife left their baby daughter to die at home of malnutrition while they were in Internet cafes.

Wow. Someone has to be really focused on the game if they can pretty much play through the pain of childbirth.
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jfromtheway



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll say. A bit unusual, for Korea. Hope it wasn't mine. Shocked
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Panda



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It wouldn't have made a news if the cleaning lady didn't see the baby's body in the trash. ( I watched the Korean news, it was a cleaning lady who saw the body when she opened the trash can )

I wonder how many infants are trashed this way every year in Korea as well as in other countries.

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I'll say. A bit unusual, for Korea. Hope it wasn't mine.


I also wonder if the police would look for the father or not, or he is innocent?
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fosterman



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that girl better be tried and convicted for premeditated murder!
life in prison!
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fermentation



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

She actually got off her ass to have sex. I guess that's an accomplishment.
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flakfizer



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

fermentation wrote:
She actually got off her ass to have sex.

At this point, I think it's only safe to assume half of that statement is correct.
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Panda



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You guys won't make fun out of such a tragedy if you read more about this girl

Her father died when she was still a young girl, and ever since she'd been living with her mom who soon became mentally illed after her husband's death.

She dropped out of high school and became addicted to video games.

She met the baby's father on internet and cohabitated with him for a while, before he broke up with her and left her alone preganant.


The police says the girl is also mentally illed.
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soomin



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember the story about the couple who let their real baby starve while they cared for an online game baby... so ridiculous.

I feel sorry for her and the baby... She was mentally ill with no one to take care of her or make sure she and her baby were okay... I wonder if she even realized what she was doing when she killed her child...
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The Cosmic Hum



Joined: 09 May 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

flakfizer wrote:
fermentation wrote:
She actually got off her ass to have sex.

At this point, I think it's only safe to assume half of that statement is correct.


Truly a gifted sense of humor, one of the keenest posters here.
If your aren't Billybrobby...you are at least his equal.

Panda wrote:

You guys won't make fun out of such a tragedy if you read more about this girl


You are quiet right Panda, and we shouldn't be making light of this tragedy.

Just the same...credit where credit is due.
Flakfizer...those are some wicked skillz. Wink
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