A meals stall at Seoul’s Gwangjang Market that confronted a storm of criticism for allegedly overcharging a buyer has been suspended for ten days.
In keeping with the Gwangjang Market Retailers’ Affiliation on Tuesday, the stall will shut down from Dec. 10 to 19. The affiliation stated it met with Jongno District Workplace on Dec. 6 and 10, and selected the suspension after inner discussions.
“The case brought on important public concern, so we imposed a ten-day suspension,” the affiliation stated. The seller was stated to have requested for the penalty to be issued shortly and voluntarily closed the stall beginning Dec. 10.
The controversy erupted after a YouTuber with 1.51 million subscribers, “Bizarre Sweets Store,” uploaded a video titled “This makes me not wish to go to Gwangjang Market once more.”
The video, which has drawn greater than 12 million views as of Wednesday, described alleged points with distributors together with unfriendly service, menu switching and unhygienic meals dealing with.
One stall grew to become the middle of the backlash. The YouTuber stated she ordered sundae (pig intestines filled with glass noodles) listed at 8,000 received ($5.9), however the vendor demanded 10,000 received after including meat with out permission. She stated she by no means requested for the additional meat however was advised to pay the upper worth anyway.
The seller later stated in media interviews that the accusations have been unfair, whereas the YouTuber rebutted the reason level by level, fueling a dispute over what truly occurred.
Because the controversy grew, authorities started making ready countermeasures. Jongno District introduced plans to introduce a “real-name system” for roughly 250 road stalls contained in the market to revive order in industrial practices.
This text from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Occasions, is translated by generative AI and edited by The Korea Occasions.
