South Korean Soldiers gambling online
It is being reported that a growing percentage of Koran soldiers are turning to the internet to gamble. This is occurring on the military basis and is causing the South Korean military to take measures to help deal with this growing trend.
The number of soldiers gambling online has grown more than fifteen times over the past several years. The military has banned this type of activity and is now monitoring it through logging soldier’s activity while residing in the barracks in order to identify those who are illegally gambling online. To date this has resulted in more than 200 soldiers being caught for illegal gambling activity, which is substantial when compared to a year earlier that number was only eighteen and the year before that only fifteen were identified.
The Ministry of Defense for South Korea stated that “We as a military will take the appropriate actions in order to stop soldiers from accessing internet betting sites within the confines of our military bases. Computers on the base are meant for official use and educational purposes only. Betting online is not permitted and those who do so will face punishment”