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World Service,6 mins

How watching other people eat is all the craze in South Korea

The Fifth Floor

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South Koreans are big fans of "mukbang", a form of entertainment where you watch live videos of people eating their daily meals. 麻豆社 Korean's Minji Li says it can be a way to stave off loneliness. And she explains that a good mukbang video is nothing without some slurping. Image: a woman eating kimchi in South Korea Credit: ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images

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