| Bokyem | |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Seocheon County, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea |
| Other Names: | BK |
| Occupation: | YouTuber, BJ |
| Years Active: | 2012–Current |
| Known For: | YouTube |
Bokyem (Korean: 보겸), real name Kim Bo-kyem (Korean: 김보겸, Hanja: 金謙, born January 31, 1988) is a South Korean YouTuber and BJ of afreecaTV.
As of June 2020, the number of subscribers to the YouTube channel operated by Bokyem was 4.03 million, and it was the number one in the list of subscribers when limited to the Korean game YouTuber channel.
Bokyem was born on January 31, 1988, in Seocheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do.
Bokyem started the afreecaTV BJ in 2012 while attending Kunsan National University. In 2014, Bokyem started working on YouTube, and he has uploaded game videos.
In 2016, Bokyem also uploaded Mukbang and daily videos, increasing the number of YouTube subscribers. Most of the viewers were in their teens.
Since 2017, Bokyem has been broadcasting jointly with other BJs in Korea. And in 2019, he released a music album at melon with 'Ellin', one of the members of Crayon Pop.
In July 2020, the number of subscribers reached 4.03 million, and after that, Bokyem changed the number of subscribers to private. In August, it is estimated that the number of subscribers decreased due to controversy among many Korean YouTubers including Bokyem.
In 2018, Members of the Korean male-hating community website Womad claimed distortedly that Bokyem's greeting word, 'Boiru'(Korean: 보이루), was a misogynistic word. They said that 'Bo' in 'Boiru' means Cunt.
So, Bokyem said he will take legal action against members of Womad he claims to be a disparaging expression for Women.[12]