Every year, increasing volumes of high quality TV productions come out of South Korea. Those include of course television series, also called “dramas”. Until recently, their international distribution had been on local specialized cable channels (KBS World, Arirang TV, Mnet, TKC, MBC America), sometimes on national broadcast channels (notably in South East Asia) and of […]
On Wednesday 24 September 7pm, part of the K-Drama Week starting this Tuesday, Curzon Cinema Soho will be screening IRIS: The Movie, which is a summary of the main drama series of the same name. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Yang Yun-ho, who will also be giving a seminar […]
Over the past few months, quite a few Korean dramas have been picked for a remake in the U.S. Surprising in appearance; there are actually several factors behind such a trend. The general audience is usually more familiar with the concept of remake in the film industry, with Hollywood being especially keen on adapting and […]
After six years of trying, Western markets finally started to open up. Turkey was the first of them. Fox Turkey picked up the format rights for popular drama I’m Sorry, I Love You from KBS and broadcast it in March 2013. Later that year, in October 2013, Turkey’s Show TV repeated the experience with King of Baking, Kim […]
As you all know already, exactly 10 days ago, on April 16, a ferry carrying 475 passengers, mostly students from the Danwon High School in Ansan, from Incheon to Jeju Island sank off the coast of Jindo. Only one third of the passengers have eventually managed to get out before it sank and an increasing […]
In the past few years, we have noticed that many Korean pop stars visit London increasingly more often for photoshoots, music videos and films. Indeed, in May 2010, Jung Ryeo-won came here for a special photoshoot for InStyle, while in May 2011, it was the turn of model-singer IU for SURE. In June 2011, Kim […]