6 hours on screens, 1 hour outdoors: teens shrug, parents worry

South Korea’s high school students log about six hours of screentime a day on average, while devoting just over an hour to outdoor activities, revealing a significant imbalance in daily physical activity, according to a state research report. The report also found a stark gap between how students perceive their own smartphone use and how their parents assess it, urging a more careful approach that takes both perspectives into account when addressing overuse. The survey by the Korea Institute of

By The Korea Herald