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YouTuber Tzuyang to testify in accused blackmailer's trial

YouTuber Tzuyang, whose legal name is Park Jung-won, is set to testify during the upcoming trial of YouTuber GooJeYeok, also known as Lee Jun-hee, who is accused of intimidation, coercion and extortion.

2024-10-18

YouTuber Tzuyang to come back after a three-month break

YouTuber Tzuyang made a comeback on Friday, three months after revealing that she had been exploited and tortured by her ex-boyfriend, promising to resume her well-known mukbang content.

2024-10-05

Arrest warrants requested for two women charged with extorting YouTuber Tzuyang

Police requested arrest warrants for two women who allegedly extorted over 200 million won ($148,620) from YouTuber Tzuyang by threatening to expose her past.

2024-09-09

Attorney indicted for allegedly leaking info, blackmailing mukbang star Tzuyang

Prosecutors on Wednesday indicted and detained an attorney accused of leaking private information about mukbang (eating show) YouTube star Tzuyang and extorting tens of millions of won through blackmail.

2024-08-28

YouTubers to face trial for alleged extortion of mukbang star Tzuyang

A group of YouTubers accused of aiding and abetting the extortion of tens of millions of won by blackmailing Tzuyang, a mukbang YouTuber with more than 10 million subscribers, were taken into custody on Wednesday and are set to face trial.

2024-08-14

Arrest warrant approved for YouTuber Caracula in Tzuyang extortion case

The Suwon District Court on Friday approved arrest warrant for YouTuber Caracula and denied the warrant request against an attorney surnamed Choi in the case of extortion of YouTuber Tzuyang.

2024-08-02

Top prosecutor orders strict response to alleged blackmailers of Tzuyang

Prosecutor General Lee One-seok ordered the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, handling the case, to respond strictly to the alleged blackmailers of Tzuyang and to "cyber wreckers" in general.

2024-07-29

Prosecutors seek arrest warrants against two YouTubers in Tzuyang extortion case

Prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant against YouTuber GooJeYeok, whose legal name is Lee Jun-hee, on charges of coercing and extorting valuables from another YouTuber, Tzuyang, whose legal name is Park Jung-won.

2024-07-24

YouTuber Caracula retires after accusations of threatening Tzuyang

YouTuber Caracula, accused of threatening famous YouTuber Tzuyang, declared his retirement and made all his videos private on Monday.

2024-07-22

[WHY] Turning pain into profit: How Korean society enabled the rise of ‘cyber wreckers’

Heartbreaking revelations by YouTuber Tzuyang surrounding four years of mental and physical torture from her ex-boyfriend filled headlines, but what infuriated people more were the so-called cyber wreckers who learned of the news and blackmailed her.

2024-07-20