Quynh Tran JP has emerged with the food vlog and video sharing life and experiences in Japan. However, recently this channel has been increasingly judged to be losing quality, intentionally creating shocking content such as “eating a bear’s leg”, “fishing for a shark”, or “eating shark on a rice paper” to entice viewers. Quynh Tran JP was criticized for sharing the clip that ate the bear’s legs. When the mukbang trend, the broadcast of the food scene, the recession, the fact that channels like Quynh Tran JP grabbed viewers with bullshit, quirky, and objectionable clips was foreseen and increasingly popular. Facing the transformation of the trend, some countries have introduced strict supervision regulations to protect viewers, limit negative content and purify cyberspace. Trade for fame Mukbang are food broadcasts originating from Korea in which participants consume large amounts of food while sitting in front of the camera to interact with the audience. This trend began to take root in China about five years ago, then spread rapidly across Asia and some Western countries as video sharing and live streaming platforms blossomed. “Drink in a jar” has a long history. Before mukbang, there are often food competitions where participants sit at a long table and see who can eat the most, such as dozens of hot dogs and burgers. The winner is determined by time or amount of food. However, unlike food competitions that only take place on occasion, today’s mukbanger must “eat a jar” every day. When eating became a profession, the live stream had to eat everything deliciously, even if the food was strange and hard to swallow. Not only that, to increase the number of viewers, the mukbanger must constantly eat faster, eat more, consume thousands of calories per day. Therefore, the mukbang trend often goes against a healthy, scientific diet. Mukbang trend originating in Korea is more and more transformed. However, eating a lot is not enough. The boy ate 30 flipped duck seeds, the girl “handled” all 100 sushi, the female mukbanger ate the whole sheep in 2 hours … As the numbers increased steadily, the viewers became bored. At this time, prominent dining channels began to look for a new element by staging programs that only eat spicy dishes, sweets or exotic dishes, unlike anyone: raw octopus, larvae alive, fresh frog smoothie … Gao Lei, vice president of Shanghai Renai Hospital and a gastroenterologist, warns against extreme, insatiable eating habits leading to problems such as obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and death. death. “Overeating, no matter whether the food is healthy or not, not only is bad for the stomach, it has a lot to do with longevity,” Gao said. Extensive boycott As mukbang gradually showed its dark side, governments have taken action. In August 2020, China decided to restart “Clean Plate 2.0” campaign to save food. A month later, the country’s Internet watchdog removed 13,600 short videos and livestream accounts about food and drink for violating the government’s anti-food waste policy. By the end of 2020, a bill to consider banning “videos of people ridiculously eating a lot of food” was submitted to China’s top legislature. Accordingly, the mukbang movement will soon be considered illegal in a billion-dollar country, according to the report Sixth Tone . By mid-April, the clip of mukbang drinks was also listed under a restricted list by the Chinese Internet watchdog because “it harms the health of performers, wastes food, as well as promotes the mind. and damage the healthy ecosystem of the industry ”. After a series of bans, the Chinese mukbanger was in a difficult position. Many food channels forced renaming and redirecting operations. Phrases such as “big belly king”, “big belly man” have all disappeared in the names of channels that have had tens of millions of followers. A series of mukbang clips have been deleted in China. Even in Korea, the mukbang trend also entered a recession period after more than 10 years of appearance. At the end of last year, a series of famous Korean food channels such as Boki, Tzuyang and Mbro were accused of deceiving fans by not publicly and transparently advertising content, Yonhap reporting. Accordingly, mukbanger with millions of followers have received money to advertise fast food, but do not clearly show this in their food clips. The wave of boycotts is so great that the Korean fair trade watchdog has to come up with a new set of rules for mukbangs in particular and online content creators in general. The Code requires that advertising content be clearly written in words and words in clips to “prevent consumer damage due to deceptive advertising”.

Get married through the brokerage center Many foreign brides are “invisible people”. After many years of suffering from an abusive husband, not allowed to leave the house and often starved, Lyly (character has been renamed) – the 30-year-old Vietnamese bride has decided to leave her bad husband. Lyly said her ex-husband, a driver about 60 years old, often beat her when he was angry, drunk or losing money. “I don’t know where the market is, where the bus station is. I have no money and no friends. I ask him for money to spend in the house, but he always asks” What do you need money for? For another guy? “, She shared about her difficulties. Once, he didn’t buy anything for her and their son for a week. Lyly said she took her son away at least 3 times but returned because her husband promised to change. However, Lily continued to suffer violence. He even starved her mother and daughter. Desperate, Lyly turned to the police. Thanks to her shelter, she was referred to lawyer June Lim, who represented her to carry out free divorce proceedings. Lyly has sole custody of his son – who is a Singaporean, 6 years old this year. After the divorce, Lyly’s ex-husband canceled her long-term relative visit visa. However, she was fortunate enough to be sponsored by a friend to be able to stay. “If no one helps, I don’t know what to do,” she said. Not only Lyly, many foreign women married to Singapore face a wide range of issues from domestic violence to poverty and uncertain futures in Singapore. These women seem “invisible and have no voice” because of their immigration status, limited rights, lack of protection by law and difficult access to social welfare. Many people lack understanding of the rights and benefits they enjoy, feel helpless in need of help because they do not know where to go for help. This is partly due to their limited social network in Singapore. They are often financially dependent on their husbands. Some people suffer from marriage violence or conflict for fear of leaving their children if their husbands cancel their long-term relative’s visas upon divorce. Member of a matchmaking company in Singapore. Photo: The Straits Times The government gave “fulcrum” A spokesman for the Lawyers Association Pro Bono said that it is very important that the Singapore Government publicizes its stance on the immigration status of foreigners after divorce. This is a “thoughtful and tolerant” approach by the government of this country, she said. In addition, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior (MHA) told The Straits Times that widows, spouses or divorced Singapore citizens have the right to custody of children under the age of 21. They are allowed to live in Singapore on a long-term visitor visa until the child reaches 21 years of age. Although the former Singaporean spouse cancels the visa extension, they can still be sponsored by another Singapore citizen or permanent resident over the age of 21. At the age of 21, children can sponsor foreign parents to stay. Since December 2018, the Pro Bono Lawyers Association and Ms. June Lim – CEO of Eden Law Firm – have started the LEAF Project (Empowerment and Legal Support for Foreign Spouses). . The LEAF project is now part of a Family Justice Assistance program that helps noncitizens or Singapore permanent residents with marriage matters. The project aims to provide free assistance to a spouse who is a foreigner who meets a number of conditions, for example with a per capita monthly income of S $ 950 or less. They decided to start this pilot scheme because foreign spouses with children in Singapore are a “particularly vulnerable” group. They often depend on their partner for all aspects of their life. They may not have anyone to help them in the face of home violence or a broken marriage. In many cases, they also do not have any other friends or relatives in Singapore, they just have to look to charities like LEAF to stay. To avoid unfortunate things from happening, the Singapore Department of Family and Social Development has introduced a marriage support program for couples of different nationalities to help them have a strong marriage foundation. The program offers classes that teach English or Mandarin for the brides, give instructions on how to communicate, deal with conflicts in a multicultural setting, as well as tips on living in Singapore. Source: Straits Times, Sixth Tone