'Squid Game,' released in 2021, is one of Netflix's mega-hit TV series.īy comparison, Korean webtoons, or digital comics, have been doing well in China, taking advantage of its relatively loose regulations over digital content. The Yoon administration appears to be joining the US move aimed at countering China’s influence, despite China's protest against the move. Since South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May, however, no more K-dramas have been seen on Chinese official channels. Two romance dramas “Something in the Rain and “Queen & I” as well as the mystery drama “Bad and Crazy” streamed on OTT platforms iQIYI and Tencent between January and May of this year. They include the historical TV series “Saimdang, Light’s Diary” aired on two Chinese TV channels. However, China has not yet fully reopened its market to K-content since blocking it in 2016 in retaliation for Seoul’s deployment of a US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD).Īnd now there are no signs of Beijing easing its stance against Korean culture amid growing political tensions between the two countries.Īs for TV dramas, a number of Korean TV series featuring Korean TV stars have been broadcast or streamed in China this year for the first time in six years. The December screening of “Oh! My Gran” had raised expectations of China’s loosening of broadcasting rules against Korean content, as Korean movies and TV series became global sensations such as Netflix’s blockbuster TV series “Squid Game.” It was also the first Korean film to be premiered in the country six years after the 2015 release of “Assassination,” a Korean action thriller. “Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. A publicity poster for the Chinese version of the Korean film 'Oh! My Gran'
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