‘Walkman’ Says Goodbye to Jang Sung-kyu…6-Year Journey Ends

TV May 30, 2025

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The YouTube entertainment show ‘Workman’ featuring Jang Sung-kyu is ending its 6-year journey with the end of the season.

Since its first release in 2019, ‘Workman’ has been greatly loved for Jang Sung-kyu’s characteristically straightforward speaking and straightforward experiential reactions.This content, which realistically depicts the aspects of work and labor through first-hand experience of various occupations, has established itself as a leading YouTube entertainment show, recording over 1.4 billion cumulative views and an average of over 4 million views per episode.

The last episode will be released on the 30th at 6 PM through the YouTube channel ‘Workman - Workman’.On that day’s broadcast, Jang Sung-kyu will meet former part-time workers and guests again to host the ‘Workman Awards’, where he will look back on episodes from the past.Jang Sung-kyu’s sincere farewell message to the viewers will also be conveyed.

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The production team stated,“ ‘Workman’ has gone beyond simple entertainment and has established itself as symbolic content that highlights work and labor, “and” This season’s end is not the end, but a comma for a new leap forward, and it will return in a renewed form with a new MC in the future.”

Jang Sung-kyu will share his honest feelings with Workman and viewers through this final broadcast, warmly wrapping up his journey as an icon of ‘experiential entertainment’ that he has built up over the past six years.

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Reporter Lee Su com jin sujinl22@donga

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