{"id":777031861,"date":"2025-09-18T08:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031861"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:03:16","slug":"south-korea-warns-over-rise-in-adolescent-gambling-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/south-korea-warns-over-rise-in-adolescent-gambling-addiction","title":{"rendered":"South Korean lawmaker warns over rise in adolescent gambling addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seo Young-seok has called for more attention to the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Data submitted by the Health Insurance Review<\/strong> and Assessment Service to Democratic Party lawmaker Seo Young-seok<\/strong> suggests that the number of adolescent gambling addicts in South Korea tripled from 64 in 2022 to 210 last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seo Young-seok, who is a member of the National Assembly\u2019s health and welfare committee<\/strong>, said a record 156 teenagers received treatment for gambling addiction during the first seven months of this year. Meanwhile, the Korea Problem Gambling Agency<\/strong> reported that youth gambling counselling cases rose from 1,460 in 2022 to 4,144 in 2024 and more than 3,200 in the first eight months of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seo criticised the Ministry of Health and Welfare\u2019s Integrated Support Center for Addiction Management for focusing primarily on alcohol and not sufficiently addressing gambling harms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stated: \u201cYouth illegal gambling is a social addiction problem that cannot be solved by crackdowns alone. This goes beyond harming individuals’ studies and health, leading to family breakdown, crime recurrence and skyrocketing social costs. Expanding specialised treatment facilities for youth, bolstering counselling staff and expanding prevention education in schools and communities are urgently needed.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> MGM China provides responsible gaming training<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seo Young-seok has called for more attention to the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777031864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"South Korea is experiencing a significant surge in adolescent gambling addiction, with reported cases tripling from 2022 to 2023 and continuing to rise in 2024 and 2025. Democratic Party lawmaker Seo Young-seok criticizes the Ministry of Health and Welfare for inadequate focus on gambling harms and advocates for expanded specialized treatment, counselling, and prevention education to address this escalating social issue.","focusai_entities":"Seo Young-seok, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Democratic Party, National Assembly\u2019s health and welfare committee, Korea Problem Gambling Agency, Ministry of Health and Welfare\u2019s Integrated Support Center for Addiction Management, MGM China","focusai_location":"South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), product_ux (0.75), tech_data (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Response Impact?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance frameworks or legislative amendments are anticipated in South Korea to address the escalating youth gambling addiction, and what is their projected impact on licensed operators and B2B suppliers?"},{"label":"Investment Risk Assessment?","query":"How does the reported surge in youth gambling addiction in South Korea alter the ESG risk profile and long-term investment attractiveness for iGaming and related capital market stakeholders considering market entry or expansion?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[24910,152],"class_list":["post-777031861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-problem-gambling","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777031861"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031866,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031861\/revisions\/777031866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777031864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777031861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}