The Health Ministry is considering banning “mukbang” vlogs after a 37-year-old food content creator died due to a stroke.
Mukbang – a portmanteau of the Korean words “meokda” (eat) and “bangsong” (broadcast) – involves videos, usually live-streamed, of a person eating large piles of food while talking to an audience.
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