Celebrity restaurateur Paik Jong-won resumes YouTube activities after yearlong hiatus
Paik Jong-won makes soy sauce-based cold noodles on his YouTube channel. Captured from YouTube
Paik revives YouTube channel with simple summer noodle recipe
Paik Jong-won, founder and CEO of Theborn Korea, has revived his YouTube channel after a yearlong hiatus.
The company announced Thursday that Paik would restart content production through his YouTube channel, "Paik Jong Won."
On the same day, a new video titled "Easier than ramen: ultra-simple soy sauce cold noodle recipe" was uploaded to the channel. The roughly five-minute video featured Paik introducing the recipe without making any comments about his return.
Paik suspended public activities in May last year after facing more than 170 complaints and legal reports filed by a civic group, YouTubers and users of online communities following Theborn Korea's stock market listing in late 2024.
Speaking at Theborn Korea's shareholders meeting in March, Paik said he had spent "a lost year" dealing with what he described as groundless complaints and accusations.
"With nearly all of the allegations resulting in decisions of no wrongdoing, I am finally able to resume the business activities that were put on hold last year," he said at the time, adding that he planned to restart his YouTube activities.
An official with Theborn Korea said Paik's channel would return to its original focus on cooking content and contribute to the popularization of Korean cuisine, its expansion abroad and cooperation with local producers through the use of regional ingredients.
The official added that company-related content previously mixed into the channel would be separated from its cooking-focused programming.
This article from Xportsnews is adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.