New bill groups games with drugs, alcohol and gambling

A South Korea politician backed by 14 MPs has proposed a bill to labelling online games as a source of addiction and calling for the strict regulation on the sector.
Gamemeca reports, as translated by Kotaku, that Saenuri Party MP Shin Eui-jin has grouped online games with addictive substances such as drugs and alcohol, as well as gambling.

It is claimed that the bill states the governing body should be able to “regulate manufacturing, distribution and sale of addictive substances and also limit the promotion of them".
This could result in more stringent rules on the type of content developers can create in South Korea, and may also affect the marketing of online games.
“It is regretful that the government views games in the same category as drugs and gambling,” said one developer to Inews24.

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