{"id":2345150,"date":"2024-09-24T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-korean-youtuber-dad-who-loves-oranges-medicine-jesus\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T07:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T11:52:07","slug":"meet-korean-youtuber-dad-who-loves-oranges-medicine-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-korean-youtuber-dad-who-loves-oranges-medicine-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Korean YouTuber Dad Who Loves Oranges, Medicine, Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeet-korean-youtuber-dad-who-loves-oranges-medicine-jesus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2345150&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text highlights the inspiring story of Mr. C.K. \u2062Park, often known as the &#8220;dad\u200d from Crazy Korean Cooking,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-scores-win-on-first-amendment-grounds-in-case-over-fake-news-meme\/\" title=\"Trump Scores Win On First Amendment Grounds In Case Over \u2018Fake News\u2019 Meme\">popular social media personality<\/a>. Mr. Park transcends typical influencer behavior\u2064 by using his platform\u2064 not just\u2062 for entertainment, but to inspire change and spread his religious beliefs. His journey began in a poor rural\u200b town in South Korea during\u2064 the Korean War, where he faced hardship and\u2062 scarcity. After being sent to live with his devout grandmother in the city, he \u200bgrew passionate about his Christian faith,\u200d eventually becoming both a licensed medical doctor and a preacher.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his life, Mr. Park dedicated himself to helping others, treating patients without charging them and\u200b opening a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/girl-convicted-in-slender-man-stabbing-case-makes-request-for-early-release\/\" title=\"Girl convicted in Slender Man stabbing case makes request for early release\">mental health facility<\/a>, all while living modestly. Later, his daughter Grace began\u200d creating culinary content online, which unintentionally showcased\u2063 Mr. Park&#8217;s charismatic personality and love for food, gaining attention\u2064 across various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-facebook-files-the-effort-to-censor-vaccine-information\/\" title=\"Facebook&#039;s Vaccine Information Censorship Effort: The Facebook Files\">social media \u200bplatforms<\/a>. Despite his fame, he remains focused on spiritual enrichment rather than material wealth, using his influence to\u2063 share God&#8217;s love and \u200buplift others online. <\/p>\n<p>The narrative emphasizes Mr. Park&#8217;s dual identity \u200bas both a\u200c loving family man and a dedicated\u2063 health professional, showcasing how he utilizes \u2062his social media presence to\u200d connect \u200bwith and inspire his audience worldwide.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sometimes, you stumble upon a legend. His speech, behavior, and actions transcend that of mere mortals. He operates on a different level, achieving heights that normal men will never reach. He seeks to inspire change, to lead people to better lives through their example.<\/p>\n<p>He is bold. He makes proclamations, such as &ldquo;ran out of potato,&rdquo; and follows that with concrete actions, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0U2CDHmKN5U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refilling<\/a> the emptied skin of the eaten baked potato with the insides of a second baked potato. He covers that refilled potato with chili and sits back to enjoy the fruits of his innovation, even if it&rsquo;s a vegetable. Such is the case with Mr. C.K. Park, a man who shows that the internet can be a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>Many who follow this legend do not know his name, instead thinking of him as the dad from Crazy Korean Cooking, a channel popular on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@crazykoreancooking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/crazykoreancooking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CrazyKoreanCooking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and wherever else viral videos might appear. In those videos, produced by his daughter Grace, we see a man whose love of Cara Cara oranges is so great that Sunkist once sent him a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/crazykoreancooking\/reel\/CtZ89H7pDvZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">box of them<\/a>. We see a man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3gBgBdv9fOY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">selflessly tastes<\/a> the food of everyone in his family to ensure it isn&rsquo;t poisoned. We see a hero who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mBxy4uxE8OM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">braves the wiles of Olive Garden<\/a> and lives to tell the tale.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, though, viewers have seen a more holistic view of the man, one who isn&rsquo;t just in love with food but is also deeply religious, and who is using his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-strangled-sister-a-social-media-star-in-honor-killing-pakistani-court-sets-him-free\/\" title=\"Man Strangled Sister, A Social Media Star, In \u2018Honor Killing.\u2019 Pakistani Court Sets Him Free.\">social media fame<\/a> not to enrich himself but to try to enrich others. We&rsquo;re not talking about enriching them materially. He&rsquo;s not walking around handing out cars or curing blindness. He&rsquo;s working to enrich them spiritually. <\/p>\n<p>Instead of going down what has become the traditional influencer path, Mr. Park is using technology to return to his roots, spreading the Word of God through his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bussinhello\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@bussinhello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p>The story goes like this. Born in a small town in South Korea during the Korean War, Mr. Park was one of five siblings. Money was tight. Succulent culinary creations, or even oranges, were not what fed him. Instead, he supped on dishes like rice with margarine, soy sauce, and radish kimchi. Sometimes, it was just the rice. Being one of five children in the countryside often meant he &ldquo;ate what [he] could.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At the time in South Korea, it was common for families in the countryside to send their kids to live with their grandparents in the city, if possible. There was more money, better schools, and more opportunities. When he was seven, Park&rsquo;s parents did exactly that, sending him to live with his grandmother, a devout Christian. It was then that he began to get more &ldquo;on fire&rdquo; about his faith.<\/p>\n<p>By high school, he was skipping classes to attend revival meetings, though his truancy didn&rsquo;t affect his education. In fact, he went on to medical school after high school, becoming a licensed doctor, though he wasn&rsquo;t done with education. Instead of settling into life as a doctor and solely focusing on healing people through that vocation, he then went to seminary, becoming both a doctor and a preacher so he could help heal people both physically and spiritually.<\/p>\n<p>During this time (as is often the case with men working to lift others up) he rarely slept, working round the clock on both endeavors. He treated impoverished patients and police officers free of charge. He opened a large mental health facility, helping people with addiction and preaching the gospel to them. He preached at his church. He dedicated himself to helping people in his burgeoning country improve themselves.<\/p>\n<p>What he didn&rsquo;t do during this time was work to amass wealth. He used his earnings from his medical practice to support his true passion &mdash; sharing God&rsquo;s love.<\/p>\n<p>This is where Grace and social media come into play, leading to the second act of Park&rsquo;s life, the one which returned him to his passion, to his vocation. First, a little backstory.<\/p>\n<p>Grace moved to Canada as a teenager. While there, she started a YouTube channel in 2008 with a friend. Initially, she wasn&rsquo;t a dedicated content creator. This wasn&rsquo;t solely because the idea of content creators hadn&rsquo;t really become a thing yet; she just says she was unfocused.<\/p>\n<p>The early goal was simply to share Korean recipes. The friends quickly realized, though, that it was difficult to get authentic Korean products in North America. Thus, an idea for a business was born. Grace moved again, this time to the United States, in order to launch <a href=\"https:\/\/crazykoreancooking.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her business<\/a>, one designed to remedy that problem.<\/p>\n<p>After moving to the states, Grace moved in with her parents, who had also immigrated to America. With her business in full swing, she resurrected Crazy Korean Cooking on social media to help sell her products. Since she was recording in the home they shared and they were once again seated around the same table, she decided to include them in her videos. That&rsquo;s when the potato-refilling legend made Park known on the World Wide Web, in a somewhat unexpected way.<\/p>\n<p>While Park is &ldquo;crazy and funny&rdquo; around his family, he&rsquo;s normally very shy around strangers or when outside the home. In front of the camera, though, he&rsquo;s all entertainer. He devours insane amounts of food, seemingly never finding anything he doesn&rsquo;t like. He adds kimchi to almost everything he tries, from Mexican to Jamaican to Italian.<\/p>\n<p>He sings songs about how joyful he is, how delicious the food is, how full the delicious food he joyfully ate made him. He sings about the coffee ice cream he always saves room for.<\/p>\n<p>On his own channels, though, viewers get a different Park, one who is more consistent with the professional he was in Korea. Here, he&rsquo;s not licensed to practice medicine, so he can&rsquo;t help people through that vocation. His spoken English is a work in progress, so the language barrier prevents him from returning to the pulpit to help people through that vocation. Thanks to the power of the internet, though, he can once again reach people and do good in the world.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s the internet, so there will always be haters, but most of the comments on his posts about Christianity and his love of God are supportive, thanking him for how he&rsquo;s chosen to use his platform. He particularly loves comments from non-believers who tell him how much they appreciate his messages. Witnessing isn&rsquo;t limited to church buildings, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Park&rsquo;s success on social media has also given him and his wife a little more financial stability. He takes it all in stride, though, not hoping to stack up cash, fame, or any of the other trappings normally associated with the influencer lifestyle. For him, it&rsquo;s all about being able to reach people again, to be able to share the Word of God.<\/p>\n<p>As Grace said, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s thankful for the opportunity. Even if only a few hundred people listen to him, it&rsquo;s worth it.&rdquo; Because it&rsquo;s not about the numbers or the engagement or the analytics. It&rsquo;s about people. It&rsquo;s about using technology to connect with them in positive ways to spread inspiration, messages of joy, and love.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also about using technology to focus on what has long been his mission in life &mdash; working to heal people and help them improve their own lives. Through this, he&rsquo;s also found new purpose for himself. Or, as Grace continued, &ldquo;[He&rsquo;s found] a second career, a second ministry. It&rsquo;s all very unexpected. God works in mysterious ways, even through social media.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Richard Cromwell is a writer and senior contributor at The Federalist. He lives in Northwest Arkansas with his wife, three daughters, and two crazy dogs. Co-host of the podcast <a href=\"http:\/\/coffeeandcochon.com\/%E2%80%9C\">Coffee &amp; Cochon<\/a>, you can find him on <a href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/jrichardcromwell%E2%80%9C\">Facebook<\/a>  and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rcromwell4\">Twitter<\/a>, though you should probably avoid using social media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, you come across a remarkable individual. His words, demeanor, and deeds elevate him beyond ordinary people. He functions on a unique plane, reaching accomplishments that most will never attain. His goal is to motivate transformation and guide others toward improved lives by setting an example. He is daring; he makes statements like \u201cran out of potato\u201d and backs them up with tangible actions, such as refilling the hollowed-out skin of a baked potato with the insides of another one. He then tops this refilled potato with chili and takes pleasure in his creative endeavor, even if it involves vegetables. This describes Mr. C.K. Park\u2014a man who exemplifies the positive potential of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Many who admire this figure may not know his name but recognize him as the dad from Crazy Korean Cooking, a popular channel on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and other sites where viral content thrives. In videos produced by his daughter Grace, we witness a man whose passion for Cara Cara oranges led Sunkist to send him a box of them as a gift. We see someone who selflessly tastes family meals to ensure they\u2019re safe to eat and who bravely shares his experiences at Olive Garden.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, viewers have gained deeper insight into Mr. Park\u2014not just as someone passionate about food but also as a deeply religious person using his social media presence not for personal gain but to uplift others spiritually rather than materially; he\u2019s not handing out cars or curing blindness but focusing on spiritual enrichment.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of following the typical influencer route, Mr. Park leverages technology to reconnect with his roots by sharing God\u2019s message through Instagram and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>His story begins in South Korea during the Korean War when he was one of five siblings growing up in financial hardship\u2014his meals often consisted of simple dishes like rice with margarine or soy sauce paired with radish kimchi; sometimes it was just plain rice since resources were scarce.<\/p>\n<p>In those times in South Korea&#8217;s countryside families often sent their children to live with grandparents in cities for better opportunities; at age seven Park moved in with his devout Christian grandmother which ignited his faith journey.<\/p>\n<p>By high school he was skipping classes for revival meetings without compromising his education\u2014he later attended medical school becoming licensed before pursuing seminary studies so he could heal both physically and spiritually.<\/p>\n<p>During this period (common among those dedicated to uplifting others) sleep was scarce as he worked tirelessly treating impoverished patients free-of-charge while opening mental health facilities addressing addiction issues alongside preaching at church\u2014all while dedicating himself towards improving lives within an emerging nation without accumulating wealth for himself instead using earnings from medicine solely towards spreading God\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<p>This brings us back around to Grace&#8217;s role alongside social media leading into Park&#8217;s second life chapter focused again on sharing that passion\u2014initially moving from South Korea she started her own YouTube channel back in 2008 though initially unfocused her aim shifted towards authentic Korean recipes realizing there were challenges obtaining genuine ingredients stateside prompting her entrepreneurial venture upon relocating again now living near parents after immigrating themselves launching Crazy Korean Cooking online selling products while including family members during filming sessions which unexpectedly catapulted Mr.Park into internet fame through humorous antics involving food preparation techniques such as refilling potatoes!<\/p>\n<p>While playful around loved ones he&#8217;s typically shy outside home yet transforms into an entertainer before cameras consuming vast amounts seemingly enjoying everything adding kimchi onto diverse cuisines singing joyful songs celebrating deliciousness experienced throughout meals saved room always reserved specifically coffee ice cream!<\/p>\n<p>On personal channels however viewers encounter more serious side consistent professional persona previously held back home unable practice medicine here nor return pulpit due language barriers yet thanks internet can still reach audiences positively impacting lives once more despite inevitable criticism most comments supporting faith messages appreciated even coming non-believers recognizing witnessing extends beyond church walls!<\/p>\n<p>Park&#8217;s newfound success has provided some financial stability allowing him focus less materialistic pursuits instead prioritizing ability connect share God&#8217;s word once again\u2014as Grace expressed \u201cHe appreciates opportunity\u2014even if only few hundred listen worth it.\u201d It transcends mere numbers engagement analytics\u2014it revolves around people utilizing technology fostering connections inspiring joy love ultimately fulfilling lifelong mission healing helping improve lives discovering renewed purpose along way! As Grace noted \u201c[He found] second career ministry unexpected ways God works mysteriously\u2014even via social media.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Richard Cromwell is an author contributing writer at The Federalist residing Northwest Arkansas alongside wife three daughters two lively dogs co-hosting podcast Coffee &amp; Cochon find him Facebook Twitter although perhaps best avoiding social media altogether!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":2345151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Copy-of-Untitled-2024-09-20T102049.321.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[13346,41578,41579],"class_list":["post-2345150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-dad","tag-korean-youtuber","tag-oranges"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Copy-of-Untitled-2024-09-20T102049.321.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}