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 […]
Lately, many of you have been mentioning Reply 1997 as one of your favourite 2013 Korean TV dramas. Well, it does seem that you are not the only ones as the producers from FOX in the U.S. decided that it was so good that they would make it into a local version. For those who […]
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 […]