Kids find imaginary friends with new app

06 May 2015 - 02:32
By ©The Daily Telegraph

More than 4million South Koreans have downloaded an application that permits them to have a conversation with an imaginary friend on their mobile device. The vast majority - as much as 80%, according to the Chosun Ilbo newspaper - are teenagers, triggering concerns about the pressures of life on young people.

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