Will Baek Jong-won's 'controversy' have repercussions?... "'Black and White Chef 2' October release NO" → 'Business Genius 3' filming status
Added 2025-04-28 04:49:09 +0000 UTCPaik Jongwon has been the latest in a string of controversies. The Born Korea, led by Paik Jongwon, has recently been accused of violating agricultural land laws, mislabelling country of origin, violating food hygiene laws, and allegedly blacklisting employees.
Baek Jong-won bows his head and apologizes (Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Hwa-young = Baek Jong-won, CEO of The Born Korea, apologizes to shareholders at the first regular shareholders' meeting held at Space Share Gangnam Station Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 28th. The Born Korea, which was listed on the stock market on November 6 last year, has been the subject of gossip for about two months, starting with the quality controversy over 'Baekham' that was raised in late January, followed by recent allegations of violations of the Agricultural Land Act, errors in labeling the country of origin of its products such as soybean paste, the 'employee blacklist' bulletin board operated in the Saemaeul Restaurant online cafe, and the use of pesticide sprayers.
As Paik Jong Won, the CEO of The Born Korea and a broadcaster, is currently embroiled in a series of controversies, his upcoming appearances in some programs are getting attention.
Netflix stated that CulinaryClassWars2 will be released 2nd half of 2025, but denied the details about it being released in October.
tvN The Genius Paik 3, which is scheduled to be released 2nd half of this year, is currently filming in France, as a photo was uploaded on online community.
MBC Chef of Antarctica also had been adjusted due to a news special and the presidential election.
source: https://m.entertain.naver.com/now/article/241/0003433085
Comments
Based on having worked in a large corporate environment, I still give him grace. When you have more than a handful of employees, things get really busy and trust becomes currency. Even in small work groups, there are bad apples that manage to charm their way under the radar and create havoc. The alternative is to micromanage to the level of tyranny, and that's both non-productive and exhausting.
ADHDstudent
2025-05-01 16:35:11 +0000 UTCSo sad, he is a good person. Employees fail a lot. But he should have kept a stricter eye.
Miki
2025-04-30 04:13:00 +0000 UTCJust my take, but I noticed that Chef Baek starting getting some flack a couple of years ago, soon after Jin enlisted. Something about franchisees of one of his businesses being unhappy about how they didn't get the amount of profit they expected, which to me is sort of low IQ. Just because you are a MacD's franchise doesn't guarantee success, you have to hustle to make sure that it's clean, the food is good, and that customers are happy. So I thought those complaints were from people looking to make a quick and easy buck. From what I've seen and read, Baek is a champion of small business owners, small farms, and sustainable resources. I suspect that makes him a bit of a target to big business interests that are trying to maximize profits and squeeze out the little guys. Baek seems to be about trying to empower and retain traditional foods and methods. I'm a little worried for Jin's Igin alcohol brand, as it's a partnership with Baek and it's advertised as using locally sourced fruits for flavorings in the products. If there is a question about the ingredients in any way, that would be an avenue of attack on both of them. The guy works as hard and as much as BTS. But like them, he has jealous haters. I really hope that things work out for the best.
ADHDstudent
2025-04-28 23:00:50 +0000 UTC
