TOKYO: “You may not like smartphone but whether you like it or not [you are forced to use it] and things are changing [fast],” according to David Sehyeon Baek, general manager of Korean firm Center for Creative Economy and Innovation, the main speaker on Wednesday on the third day of a five-day conference of mass media practitioners in this city under the auspices of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO).

He said children as young as four years in Japan, South Korea and European countries are learning programming already.

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