Park Wi quietly makes 13 YouTube 'social experiment' videos private amid KTX CCTV controversy [Star Issue]

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YouTuber Park Wi, who sparked controversy by releasing CCTV footage of a fall accident, has additionally made several past 'social experiment' videos private.

As of the 1st, there are 785 videos posted on Park Wi's YouTube channel 'Wi Miracle.' Since the controversy erupted last month, Park Wi has made 14 videos private or deleted them, including the CCTV footage that caused public outrage.

The videos made private include "How a person with paraplegia rides KTX," released in August 2022, and "It's just exhausting." At the time, Park Wi explained the purpose of these videos using keywords such as 'Social Experiment Camera' and 'Uncomfortable Truth.'

These videos have recently drawn renewed attention following an incident in which Park Wi allegedly insulted a social service worker. Issues arose from Park Wi's method of comparing citizens who helped him to overseas cases or inserting negative subtitles.

Previously, on the 21st of last month, Park Wi released CCTV footage showing himself being knocked off balance by a social service worker's foot while disembarking from a KTX train.

Recalling the accident, Park Wi stated, "The social service worker did not intend to do so, but I was angered simply because they placed their foot on the ramp." According to Park Wi, the social service worker apologized politely immediately after the incident.

However, shortly after the video was released, many netizens criticized Park Wi, a popular YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers, for releasing the CCTV footage and publicly insulting a social service worker. Furthermore, controversy intensified because Park Wi did not leave the scene immediately after the accident, instead filming a reenactment of the incident themselves, and edited out apologies from staff members including the social service worker while presenting only their own claims in the video.

Park Wi late recognized the seriousness of the situation and issued a brief apology, saying, "I failed to consider the position of the staff member who did their best to help me at the scene where the incident occurred and apologized politely." However, public outrage has not subsided.

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