SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ ENM, the country’s leading entertainment company, said Thursday it has signed a multiyear partnership deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to jointly produce and distribute Korean content to a global audience. The deal will see exclusive premieres of Korean dramas and original shows from CJ ENM and its [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean dramas have become increasingly popular in India, according to a report from the British national broadcaster BBC on Monday. The report states that the genre mixing, exaggerated romance and bold heroines in Korean dramas are similar to Indian Bollywood dramas, which have contributed to their popularity among Indian [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Various locations appearing in Korean dramas are becoming popular travel destinations for people around the world. The Korea Tourism Organization recently selected a number of recent K-drama locations as “recommended tourist locations for February.” A neighborhood east of Mount Bukhan has become the site of various dramas. Cafe Sunwoongak, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Korean-language dramas, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” and “Pachinko,” have been nominated as best foreign language series for this year’s Critics Choice Awards. According to the nominations announced by the Critics Choice Association on Monday (U.S. time), Korean legal drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” aired on local cable channel ENA and [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Three more South Korean TV series have started being broadcast on a Chinese video streaming service early this month, the dramas’ production company said Tuesday, another sign that China is reopening to Korean content after a yearslong cultural freeze. According to the Chinese Embassy in Korea and CJ ENM, [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The massive popularity of Korean dramas in Japan has resulted in a series of offline exhibitions despite the ongoing pandemic. Studio Dragon, a South Korean drama studio, began hosting an exhibition on Korean dramas in Tokyo on July 10, attracting an endless stream of local visitors. The exhibition, held [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Infidelity, embezzlement and sibling rivalry are common features of Korean dramas, but all three pale in comparison to the gold standard: mistaken identity. In a society with strong feelings about social status and the socioeconomic conditions of one’s birth, the Cinderella story with a slight twist has proven to [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has canceled the licenses of 68 tour operators that lure Chinese travelers with cheap, low-quality packages or hire unqualified guides to improve the tourism industry’s competitiveness, the culture ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has conducted reviews on 170 tour agencies specializing in Chinese [...]