SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. video service provider Netflix Inc. said Thursday that it will include more locally produced content as part of its efforts to tap deeper into the South Korean market. Five months after its global rollout in 130 countries, including South Korea, the video streaming provider with more than 81 [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean TV series “Signal” has done just as well in China as it did on its home turf, South Korea’s content agency said Friday. The time-travel crime series was viewed more than 100 million times cumulatively on the Chinese video website Tencent since April 18, when it was [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean mega-hit TV drama “Pretty Woman” will get a Chinese version, its producer said Tuesday. Bon Factory said the Chinese remake of the popular MBC TV romantic drama, which gained great popularity last year, will be co-produced with China’s J-Walk Studio, the entertainment agency for Chinese top star [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean cable drama “Cheese in the Trap” has topped a Chinese chart, the show’s PR agency said Thursday. Ytree Company said the tvN drama reached No. 1 on the Weibo Drama Popularity Chart on Monday, when its fifth episode aired. The show also reached No. 3 on [...]
SEOUL, Dec.15 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Ahn Jae-wook will be returning to the screen after a four-year absence. He will be starring in the new KBS 2TV weekend drama ‘Five Children’. ‘Five Children’, which will air in February 2016, is a comical family drama, illustrating the happenings that occur when a single dad and single [...]
SEOUL, Dec.1 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Jang Young-sil’, the drama based on the life of a Korean historic figure that aired on KBS 1TV, will be exported to Hong Kong. The drama is also attracting attention as it will be starring Song Il-guk, the Korean actor famous for his appearance in the drama ‘Jumong’ and ‘Superman [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – MBC has announced that it will produce an action drama based on virtual reality (VR), and reveal it on September 5. The drama ‘Shine or go Crazy VR’ is an offshoot of ‘Shine or go Crazy’, which was aired early this year, starring Jang Hyuk and Oh Yeon-seo. The story [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China will soon announce a new regulation on foreign drama contents available on the Internet. Once the rule is in place, it would put a damper on the popularity of Korean dramas in China. [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that the competition rate for community colleges reached 7.7 to one, meaning only one out of 7.7 applicants is admitted. It also revealed that the number of “U-turn freshmen,” who have graduated from a four-year university and re-enrolled in a community college, have increased [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Leading the exploration of new themes for the Korean drama genre, CJ E&M, Asia’s No.1 Total Contents Company, has launched the new mystery crime drama Cheo Yong: The Paranormal Detective. Starring Oh Ji-Ho and Oh Ji-Eun, and Jun Hyo-Seong from popular K-Pop girl group Secret, Cheo Yong portrays the [...]