Mukbangers Moon Bokhee and Tzuyang, SchususuTV stylist Kang Hyeyeon and celebrities Kang Min-kyung and K-pop’s Somin of Kard are among a growing list of South Korean YouTube stars under fire for being ...
For years, people have been heading to YouTube to spend upwards of 60 minutes at a time to watch strangers consume 4,000 or more calories in one sitting. Not only that, many of these viewers are ...
Popular Korean mukbang YouTuber Tzuyang, whose real name is Park Jung-won, has opened up about years of alleged abuse, extortion, and threats from her ex-boyfriend, referred to as Mr. A. The ...
Two of the most famous YouTubers on the frontline of such backlash are Mun Gi-yeon who runs mukbang YouTube channel “Eat with Boki” and Kim Bo-kyem, a YouTuber and a broadcast jockey (BJ) who mainly ...
A “mukbang” is a video dedicated to eating in front of a camera. The video style originated in 2010 in South Korea, becoming a trend of someone filming themselves preparing and/or eating a meal, and ...
Move over, cooking shows. In Korea, the big food fad is eating shows, or mukbang. Korean viewers are so glued to watching strangers binge eating that the live-streamers consuming calories in front of ...
Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. As 10 slices of bacon sizzle on an electric griddle, YouTube star Nicholas P ...