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There is a new in South Korea that is very . It is watching other people eat . The Reuters news agency reports there are over 3,500 people who eat live in of their webcam. Thousands of people watch the shows. One of the most famous online is 34-year-old Park Seo-yeon. She is known as The Diva and has of followers who watch her eat every day. She broadcasts her in real time for about three hours a day. She said she first tried it as a , but then she started to get a lot of money. People click a on her website to say they like her. She gets about nine U.S. cents per . She now makes over $9,000 a month from her show and has quit her job.

Many people in Korea watch the online dining because they are . More and more Koreans are living alone in big and have no one to eat with. Reuters said: "One-person are set to increase from 25.3 per cent of the total in 2012 to 32.7 per cent in 2030." This is the rate of any rich country in the world. Ms Park says she feels like she is providing a to society. She told Reuters: "It is comforting for who eat . It feels great when people said, 'Thank you for a fun and time'". She also said people write to thank her for helping them with their eating . She enjoys being part of a big online community and talking about food.

 


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