SEOUL, Aug. 27 -- Samyang Foods has strongly denied claims by Canadian TikTok influencer Javeria Wasim that she developed a stomach ulcer from eating the company's Buldak Bokkeummyeon noodles and won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against them.

"The claims circulating on social media are completely unfounded. No lawsuit or trial has been filed against Samyang Foods in North America," the company said in a statement yesterday.

Samyang added that the spread of misinformation through major media outlets has caused serious reputational damage and warned it is considering immediate legal action.

Wasim, who has around 100,000 followers, had claimed in a series of viral videos that she was hospitalised due to the spicy noodles and filed a laws...