Kim Seon-tae, who was known as “Chungju Man,” said he has been targeted by an impersonator on X.
Kim wrote on his social media on March 5, “This is an impersonation X account. Please report it,” and posted a photo showing the account. The impersonating account had 4,526 followers.
Online commenters reacted with posts such as “What happened?” “An impersonation account is a sign of success,” and “How far does his influence reach?”
Kim opened his YouTube channel, “Kim Seon-tae,” on March 2. As of March 5, it had about 962,000 subscribers. A video he posted March 3 titled “I’m Kim Seon-tae” had 5.63 million views.
The surge in attention has raised expectations that he will reach 1 million subscribers through his personal channel, a milestone he had hoped to achieve while working as a Chungju city government employee. The report said companies have also been flooding him with advertising inquiries.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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