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Ipsaljbeun Haetnim (real name Kim Mi-kyung), the mukbang YouTuber who suspended all public activities amid the so-called "injection aunt" controversy, has been spotted running a dog cafe she recently took over.
Sightings posted across social media and pet owner communities indicate that Kim has been operating a dog cafe in Paju, Gyeonggi Province.
The cafe's previous operator announced in March that "starting April 1, new operator Haetnim will renovate the space and reopen it."
Photos and videos showing Kim inspecting the dog exercise yard and reviewing the interior as she prepared for the opening were also shared online.
The cafe sits on roughly 3,300 square meters of natural grass — about 1,000 pyeong (1 pyeong equals 3.3 square meters) — and admits only dogs weighing 15 kilograms or less. It operates as a no-kids zone, barring children 14 and under for safety reasons.
Kim rose to prominence as a first-generation mukbang YouTuber and appeared on tvN's "Amazing Saturday," among other programs. She stepped away from public life late last year after being implicated in the "injection aunt" scandal, which erupted following revelations by Park Na-rae's former manager.
After the controversy broke, Kim issued a statement saying she had been introduced to the individual through an acquaintance and met them at a clinic in Gangnam-gu. "Because I met them that way, I trusted without question that they were a doctor and received treatment," she said. She added that she had decided to leave all programs currently in production and cancel all planned activities.
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