Jo Wook-hee: Terrorist holding a smartphone

At the young age of 17... why did Kim deceive his parents and join a terrorist group? What did he see in the internet world? Over 20,000 teenagers worldwide have joined the extremist terrorist group ISIS, accepting inhumane acts of terror—such as beheadings and burnings—as jihad. Has a radical ideology that gnaws away at the minds of youth fallen into the hands of our children? A child not even ten years old nonchalantly carries out beheadings. People are locked in cages, doused with gasoline, and burned to death. And these horrific scenes are produced into propaganda videos and circulated on the internet. Our youth are currently exposed defenselessly to the temptations of terrorists. Terrorism cannot be eradicated through the "War on Terror" because terrorism is an ideology that thrives on all kinds of discrimination, inequality, and anger. Teenagers may be even more vulnerable to such ideologies. Furthermore, parents do not fully understand the internet world through which their children communicate. Without global efforts to forgive and coexist, we will neither be able to win the war on terror nor protect our children from the temptations of terrorists. We are already living in an era where terror has become commonplace. Terror is no longer just a story about other countries.

Korean title: 스마트폰을 든 테러리스트

Korean author: 조욱희

Korean publisher: 나남

ISBN-13: 9788930089043