People & Moves
Baek Gyeong-hoon visits Seoul Smart Shelter Center, stresses healthy digital-use skills
Baek Gyeong-hoon (배경훈), deputy prime minister and science and ICT minister, visited the Seoul Smart Shelter Center on Wednesday to review operations and hear difficulties raised by professional counsellors. The centre provides counselling and prevention education to address smartphone overdependence and supports healthy use, with 18 centres operating across 17 provinces and major cities. The ministry plans to expand education, counselling and digital detox programmes and analyse AI’s impact from a medium- to long-term perspective.
