Subscribers to the personal YouTube channel "Kim Seon-tae," opened by former Assistant Deputy Director of Chungju City Kim Seon-tae, have surpassed 963,000. It has been three days since the channel was launched. With the Gold Button (1 million subscribers) now in sight, official accounts of corporations and government agencies also appeared en masse in the comments section.
As of the 5th, the YouTube channel "Kim Seon-tae" has 963,000 subscribers. The first video, "This is Kim Seon-tae," has 5.38 million views. In the video, the former Assistant Deputy Director said the decision to go independent came after leaving public service for revenue generation and freer activity. Afterward, official accounts from corporations and institutions began posting requests for collaboration in the video's comments section.
YouTube Korea, as well as ▲CJ CheilJedang ▲Jinro Toad ▲NongHyup ▲Hanaro Mart ▲e-commerce 11Street left comments. ▲Kia Motors ▲Uber ▲Lotte Global Logistics ▲Tving ▲Wavve ▲Tmoney Co., among others, also joined.
Requests for promotional collaborations from government ministries and public institutions also followed. Starting with the Ministry of Health and Welfare, official accounts from ▲the National Fire Agency ▲Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) ▲Incheon Airport ▲Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) ▲Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company left comments. Including local administrative agencies such as the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency and Cheongsong County, national institutions such as ▲the National Institute of Biological Resources ▲the National Agricultural Museum ▲the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) also took part.
In response, some internet users commented on the thousands of official accounts flooding in, saying the "comments section looks like a job fair."