"Jongwon Baek is a big thief"... "Red and white cook" who illegally watched "Black and White Cook."

ⓒYonhap News Agency

Some Chinese people who illegally watched Netflix's "Black and White Cook" are making a controversial claim that "Korea is trying to steal Chinese cuisine."

Seo Kyung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women's University, said on social media on the 7th that Chinese people are making absurd claims about "black and white chefs" such as "Korea steals Chinese food" and "Korea should not steal it."Professor

Seo said, "In particular, we are spreading the video and writing, referring to the Chinese food 'Bath' made by a Korean chef, saying, 'Koreans will claim that it is Korean food,'" adding, "We are even calling CEO Baek, who appears as a judge, a 'great thief' and pouring out criticism."

"Netflix is not available in China, but it is simply a mess to make such a forced claim after sneaking a peek," he said. "On the contrary, China will have to abandon its bad habit of stealing Korean kimchi, samgyetang, and hot pot bibimbap." China must first respect the culture of other countries, he stressed.

Black and white chefs ranked in the top 10 in 28 countries around the world, including Korea, and have been ranked No. 1 in Netflix's global top 10 TV (non-English) category for two consecutive weeks since its release on the 17th of last month.

China is not a Netflix service country. For this reason, most users of "Douin" (Chinese name for "TikTok") appear to have relied on subtitles for illegally uploaded videos or grasped the contents through narration by video publishers.

Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.