Bokyem ( ko, 보겸), real name Kim Bo-kyem( ko, 김보겸,

Hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

: 金𤣰謙, born January 31, 1988) is a

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

YouTuber A YouTuber is an online personality and/or influencer who produces videos on the video-sharing platform YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006. Influence Influent ...

and BJ of

afreecaTV AfreecaTV ( ko, 아프리카TV, short for "Any FREE broadCAsting") () is a P2P technology-based video streaming service. It is now owned and operated by AfreecaTV Co., Ltd. in South Korea after Nowcom's AfreecaTV Co., Ltd and ZettaMedia split in ...

. As of June 2020, the number of subscribers to the

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channel operated by Bokyem was 4.03 million, and it was the number one in the list of subscribers when limited to the Korean game YouTuber channel.

Early life

Bokyem was born on January 31, 1988, in Seocheon-gun,

Chungcheongnam-do South Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청남도, ''Chungcheongnam-do''), also known as Chungnam, is a province of South Korea. South Chungcheong has a population of 2,059,871 (2014) and has a geographic area of 8,204 km2 (3,168 sq mi) located in ...

. Bokyem started the afreecaTV BJ in 2012 while attending Kunsan National University. In 2014, Bokyem started working on YouTube, and he has uploaded game videos. In 2016, Bokyem also uploaded

Mukbang A mukbang or meokbang ( ko, 먹방, ), also known as an eating show, is an online audiovisual broadcast in which a host consumes various quantities of food while interacting with the audience. It became popular in South Korea in 2010, and has s ...

and daily videos, increasing the number of YouTube subscribers. Most of the viewers were in their teens. Since 2017, Bokyem has been broadcasting jointly with other BJs in Korea. And in 2019, he released a music album at

melon A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a "pepo". The ...

with 'Ellin', one of the members of

Crayon Pop Crayon Pop (Hangul: 크레용팝) is a South Korean girl group formed under Chrome Entertainment in 2012. The group consisted of four members: Geummi, Ellin, Choa, and Way. Their fifth member, Soyul, left the group in 2017. Crayon Pop officiall ...

. In July 2020, the number of subscribers reached 4.03 million, and after that, Bokyem changed the number of subscribers to private. In August, it is estimated that the number of subscribers decreased due to controversy among many Korean YouTubers including Bokyem.

Awards

*STAR BJ 20 for 2014 Africa TV BJ Awards *2015 Africa TV BJ Awards STAR BJ 20 *2016 Intel Overwatch APEX season 1 semifinals (BK Stars) *BJ 50/ THE 20/ TOP 5 / KT GiGA BMF/ BJ Grand Prize for Africa TV in 2016 *2017 Africa TV BJ Grand Prize Grand Prize in the comprehensive game category *2018 Asia Model Awards Creator of the Year Award *2018 Africa TV BJ Awards *2019 Africa TV BJ Grand Prize Single-Person Media Icon Award

Incident and controversy

In 2018, Members of the Korean male-hating community website

Womad WOMAD ( ; World of Music, Arts and Dance) is an international arts festival. The central aim of WOMAD is to celebrate the world's many forms of music, arts and dance. History WOMAD was founded in 1980 by English rock musician Peter Gabriel, ...

claimed distortedly that Bokyem's greeting word, 'Boiru'( ko, 보이루), was a misogynistic word. They said that 'Bo' in 'Boiru' means

Cunt ''Cunt'' () is a vulgar word for the vulva or vagina. It is used in a variety of ways, including as a term of disparagement. Reflecting national variations, ''cunt'' can be used as a disparaging and obscene term for a woman in the United Stat ...

. So, Bokyem said he will take legal action against members of Womad he claims to be a disparaging expression for Women.

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