SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s recent commitment to nurture the local motion picture industry comes after a TV series by tvN, Guardia: The Lonely and Great God (also referred to as “Goblin”), became a major hit on Taiwanese television. During a luncheon meeting on Tuesday, President Tsai emphasized the importance [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A story about young people drinking alone after work has found an eager audience here. “Drinking Solo,” a Monday-Tuesday series on cable channel tvN, rose two notches to sixth place on the Content Power Index (CPI) after scoring 226.3 points in the first week of this month. The CPI, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean hit television show “Reply 1988″ drew 200 million views in the month since its China launch in June, government data showed Thursday. The latest version of the drama-comedy “Reply” series on cable network tvN has raked in a total of 235 million views from June 20 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in South Korean dramas have increasingly been portrayed as tough characters who can do a lot of things on their own, a trend critics say reflects the pent up anger of women toward abusive men. Female viewers are releasing their emotions through dramas in which, in one case, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Shin Won-ho, the producer of mega-hit television drama “Reply” series, didn’t aim too high. Just before the airing of “Reply 1988″ in November, he said in a press briefing, “Hoping the third series to succeed too would be asking too much. If it falls flat, the series will be [...]