They found that parents' quality of life declined by an average of 0.8 points, a similar level to developing an age-related health limitation, such as having difficulty getting around or getting dressed.
SEOUL: Spam text messages promoting stock investments, loans and shopping deals have surged rapidly in South Korea during the first half of this year, prompting a police investigation to determine the cause of the spike.
The number of spam texts reported to the KCC so far this year has already exceeded half of last year's total. In 2023, the KCC reported and detected a total of 295 million spam text messages. With the rise in spam messages, civic organisation People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy filed a request with the police and the KCC to investigate into those responsible for sending the spam text messages in violation of the Personal Information Protection Act and the Promotion of Information and Communications Network Act.
With the recent rise in the number of spam text messages, several Koreans have voiced their concerns. Kim added that he blocks and reports the numbers that send him spam texts, but that he continuously gets other spam messages from different numbers with similar content.The Korea Internet & Security Agency and the KCC have implemented a qualifications system for mass text messaging services from June 1.
If they are found to be doing so during on-site inspections, the service organizers will be fined under the Promotion of Information and Communications Network Act or reported to the police.
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