After the success of last year’s Daehan Drama Awards, we have been working actively towards a regular event at which fresh new Korean dramas would be screened and fans would get together. The initial aim of the London Korean Drama Club since its inception in April 2014 is about to become a reality, thanks to […]
On November 26, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) made public the results of a study it conducted in the United States about the consumption of Korean television dramas. Just to put this is context, KOCCA supports the promotion of Korean creative industries in international markets, and as such this study shall serve the companies […]
On Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 November, C21Media, the largest UK publisher for the TV industry organized a summit gathering executives working in production, distribution and broadcasting of television series. Interestingly, they used the term “drama” to name it, the way Korean TV professionals coin their TV series. TV professionals were invited to attend numerous […]
On October 10, we held the Daehan Drama Awards 2014 at the Bulgari Hotel London. At the end of the ceremony, we announced the UK voters who were the most accurate. So here they are: With 8 correct votes out of 11, first prize goes to Helena Coulson. She won a free cooking class at […]
Tickets for the films of the London Korean Film Festival have been up for sale since 12:00pm yesterday, Thursday 23 October. Kim Ki-duk fans can already book tickets for the master’s latest film, One on One, as well as for Pieta (2012), winner of the Golden Lion in Venice. One on One stars Ma Dong-seok […]
On September 24, The Hospital Club welcomed a number of important personalities from the Korean drama industry, as producers and executives from the major broadcasters came to attend a K-Drama Showcase – part of the KCCUK’s K-Drama Week. After a first session dedicated to explore collaboration opportunities between South Korea and the UK, which the […]
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 […]
You laughed at the extravagant and extreme passion for Kpop of the characters of Reply 1997, you melted for the love between Song Ji-hyo & Choi Jin-hyuk in Emergency Couple, you were intrigued by the nine incense sticks in Nine or were shaking at the voice of the serial killer in Gapdong… so you are […]
London, 6 October, 2014: The London Korean Drama Club is pleased to announce that the 1st Daehan Drama Awards will take place on Friday 10 October 6.30pm at the Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge, London. The event will be attended by actresses Tiana Kim, Kunjue Li and kayagum-acoustic guitar duo KAYA. The ceremony will see 11 […]
The Hospital Club Soho 24 Endell Street, London WC2H 9HQ Thursday 25 September, 9:30-14:30 This event is a private showcase and reception of selected Korean Drama pitching and panel discussions with major Korean broadcasting companies (KBS, SBS, CJ E&M), indie producers (Goldenthumb Pictures) and writers (Kwon Eun-mi of Gapdong), as well as influential contributors […]