Introduction

Korean dramas are Korean-based television series that are popular all over the world under the name of K-dramas. They are widely available through streaming services like Netflix with multi-language subtitles. They attract attention for their unique culture, fashion and style, which are being adapted around the world.

Korean Drama Genres

K-dramas occur in many genres including historical, action, comedy, magic, and romance. The current trending theme of K-dramas is displaying social stigmas like classism, gender inequality, racism, bullying, etc.

Korean historical series

The historical K-drama is known as Sageuk, which means historical drama. In the mid-2000s, the landmark K-drama gained worldwide popularity. Yi San and Dae Jang Geum (Jewel of the Palace) are among the most popular series in Korean historical drama.

Korean romantic series

Korean romance series often show family ties. Male characters are often portrayed as intelligent, handsome, and emotional, usually looking for their “unique”. K-dramas are usually family series that barely go beyond kissing. This is due to the Korean culture.

The reasons behind the rising popularity of Korean dramas

Listed here are certain reasons that essentially grab the attention of viewers.

• Attractive characters – Korean drama stars are usually young and attractive. Viewers love to see pretty girls and handsome men. It keeps them engaged and interested.

• Culture – Korean culture shown in K-dramas is gaining popularity these days. People love to see a different culture.

• Sorted content– One of the possible reasons for the popularity of the K-drama is that the content shown is never dirty for the audience.

Korean series streaming

K-dramas began airing in the 1960s. Contemporary series contain episodes ranging from 12 to 24. Each episode lasts around 60 minutes. Historical series are also known as Sageuk, which are usually longer, and the number of episodes can sometimes be extended to 200. Korean drama episodes are broadcast on two consecutive nights of the week, and the air time is 22 00:00 to 23:00. The networks broadcasting the episodes are the Orian Cinema Network, a full variety network, Channel A, the Korean broadcasting system, the Seoul broadcasting system, the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, etc. . Some of the best Korean series are now available on Netflix for worldwide audiences.

Korean series ratings

The highest audience and audience ratings have been obtained by series such as You and I, First love, What is love, Sandglass, Hur Jun, A sunny place of the young, etc. The production and broadcast of all series were carried out between 1992 and 2000. The networks that broadcast the episodes of these series are Munhwa Broadcast Corporation, Korea Broadcast System, and Seoul Broadcast System. The highest rated Korean dramas viewers can watch are The Married World, Sky castle, Crash landing on you, Reply 1988, Guardian: The lonely and great god, Mr. Sunshine, Mr. Queen, etc. All of these Korean series are broadcast on cable channels aimed at a smaller audience compared to public broadcast networks.