The annual Kpop World Festival is back to London again for its UK round, to take place on Saturday 2 July, from 1pm to 6pm at the usual 229 The Venue (229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN). Although the UK is a great source for talented dancing crews, competition is open for both singers […]
The submissions for the Seoul Drama Awards 2016 have been open for a little more than a month now. The 11th edition of the festival will be telecast on KBS on September 8, and as usual, TV creatives can submit their TV movies, mini-series and TV series for consideration Deadline is Friday May 6th at 11:59PM […]
Right off the plane back from Hong-Kong, where she spent an early Easter break, my friend told me that her mother recommended her to watch the KBS drama called Descendants of the Sun. Not normally a big fan of Korean dramas, little did she expect to like it so much to end up binge-watching it on her […]
On Monday March 7th, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) held its annual creative industries forum. This year, it took place at the prestigious BFI Southbank in its largest screening room, NFT1. The day kicked off with speeches by UK Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale OBE MP, and Korean Culture Minister, Kim Jong-deok, followed by signature of a memorandum […]
As we have moved the date of the event to April 25th, we are extending the voting period to Sunday April 3rd 23:59. Don’t miss this opportunity to see your vote count, opening up an opportunity for your favorite actors to either thank you in person or even attend our awards ceremony. To vote, visit […]
Today is a big day for UK-based Korean drama fans. It has indeed come to our attention, as well to our friends at UnitedKpop, that Korean dramas have been made available on Netflix UK. The selection is definitely female-skewing with mostly romance and romantic comedy dramas (likely released on Valentine’s Day!): Falling for Innocence aka Beating […]
As Africa is starting to attract eyeballs from content distributors, in particular thanks to a number of emerging cable television and on-demand platforms, it would be timely to look at how the landscape looks like for Korean dramas. An interesting case and exception on the African continent, GBS (Good News Broadcasting System) is a Kenyan […]
French Kdrama lovers are really spoiled. To kick off 2016, France’s leading media group has selected four emblematic Korean dramas for its fledging streaming service, MyTF1 Xtra, thanks to a partnership with DramaPassion, leading distributor of Korean drama TV series in Europe. Here is the selection they are proposing for free (with advertising): My Love […]
Tomorrow, December 1st, KOCCA is organizing the 2nd edition of its K-Drama Showcase, with the episodes from 4 Korean TV series screened to the general public. Taking place from 2.00pm to 3.00pm, at the British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank, screen NFT3, the showcase will be a very exciting opportunity for the British audience to discover some brand new […]
After months of preparation, we will finally have our panel talk, at our 10th London Korean Drama Screening, in collaboration with Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK). PANEL TALK 18:30-19:40 Moderator: Georgia Brown, SVP Scripted at FremantleMedia At FremantleMedia, Georgia develops relationships with writers and producers in order to […]