Votes for this year’s Soompi awards came to a close and results have now been revealed. Between 21 December 2015 and 7 January 2016, 40 million votes have been submitted by fans from 139 countries, from Finland to Ghana passing by Qatar – a 70% increase on last year. The Soompi awards aim to celebrate […]
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 […]
For both his interventions at LSE and SOAS, director Yun Seokho provided the audience with a background presentation and analysis of the Korean Wave. There is no one in a better position to talk about it indeed. Winter Sonata has been coined as the TV drama at the origin of the Korean Wave. Although […]