Following our partnership with Kmania (Kelab Pengkritik & Peminat Korea) in Malaysia, we are sharing with you details on their annual Kdrama awards attribution, called CARI Kdrama Awards. Bestowed by the Malaysian Critics Drama Society, it functions similarly to our Daehan Drama Awards (DDA), with Malaysian fans invited to vote for their favourite Kdramas in a number […]
As a previous awardee of KOFICE’s grant for overseas communities promoting Korean culture, the London Korean Drama Club (LKDC) has been advised of an exciting new Kpop music streaming service called mubeat, to launch in a few months from now. Operated by Vlending, a joint-venture between two of the three large national broadcasters of South […]
We have noticed and taken note that a number of our London Korean Drama Club (LKDC) members originate from Malaysia. As such, as to further opportunities for you and fans of other origins, we have established a partnership with Kmania – aka Malaysian Critics Circle and Fans Society Club -, a newly formed Malaysia-based club […]
After months of preparation, we are happy to announce the launch of Korean webdrama Touching You on France’s MyTF1 Xtra this 1 September 2017. We had previously released Chinese webseries Ex-Model on the youth-skewing French VOD service, which also made our headlines for featuring a slate of popular Korean dramas, including more recently SBS’ To […]
We have been notified by Feedspot, a Social RSS Reader referencing all websites within specific categories and founded by Aruj Agarwal, that our website, DaehanDrama.com, ranks 47th in the world among those dedicated to Korean TV dramas. Another UK website was above us in 24th position: Beyond Hallyu. The ranking is topped by Dramabeans, followed by […]
We previously covered Netflix’s recent decisions to commission, not one but two, original Korean dramas for global distribution on its service. While Netflix’s first Korean film Okja took the spotlight of the past two months, as it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2017 and was then made available globally from 28 June, Netflix has […]
The landscape for Korean dramas in the United Kingdom just got better. After our release of two Korean webdramas to Amazon Video, namely Touching You and Hot and Sweet, a third webdrama just landed on another UK video-on-demand (VOD) platform: SHUDDER. If you don’t know Shudder yet, it is AMC Networks’ fledging subscription VOD service […]
A student in Media and Communication at Kingston University is conducting a survey on viewing patterns of UK residents regarding Korean television series. As founders of the London Korean Drama Club and distributors of Korean webdramas, we would like to invite you to help him by answering the 26 questions contained in the following online […]
After the premiere of Touching You on Amazon Prime Video on 1 March, we are pursuing our initiative to introduce Korean webdramas to the UK. As such, on 31 May, we will be releasing Hot and Sweet, an 8-episode series from indie producer BrainShock Pictures, which premiered on Naver TVcast between 20 October and 1 November […]
Do you remember about KBS’ 2004 period drama Emperor of the Sea, also known as Sea God? Spanning 51 episodes and based Choi In-ho’s novel of the same name, it is also inspired by the life of Goong-Bok (Jang Bo-go) during the Unified Shilla Dynasty (676~935). Like many other period dramas, such as Jumong, the […]