List of Korean dramas associated with the Korean Wave
Following the end of military rule in South Korea and the ensuing liberalization of the country's culture industry in the 1990s, an increasing number of Korean dramas began to be exported abroad. This marked the beginning of the Korean Wave, a broader cultural phenomenon encompassing the rise in global popularity of South Korean television, pop music, film, fashion, animation, literature, food, and cosmetics. During the 2000s, Jewel in the Palace and Winter Sonata achieved notable success within Asia, while in the following decades Squid Game achieved breakout success internationally.
1990s
1991
- Eyes of Dawn[1]
1992
- Jealousy [ko][2]
1996
- First Love[3]
1997
1999
- Hur Jun[4]
2000s
2000
- All About Eve[5]
- Autumn in My Heart[6]
- Fireworks[7]
2001
2002
- Successful Story of a Bright Girl[10]
- Winter Sonata[3]
2003
2004
- Banjun Drama[9]
- Full House[14]
- I'm Sorry, I Love You[15]
- Love Story in Harvard[16]
- Lovers in Paris[16]
2005
2006
- Infamous Seven Princesses [ko][19]
- Jumong[20]
- Spring Waltz[21]
- Queen of the Game [ko][19]
2007
2008
- East of Eden[11]
- The Kingdom of the Winds[11]
- Temptation of Wife[9]
- We Got Married[9]
2009
- Boys over Flowers[22]
- Iris[15]
- Ja Myung Go[11]
- Loving You a Thousand Times[11]
- Queen Seondeok[11]
- Smile, You[19]
- You're Beautiful[9]
2010s
2010
- The Great Merchant[11]
- Life Is Beautiful[11]
- My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho[11]
- Pasta[11]
- Playful Kiss[23]
- Secret Garden[24]
- The Slave Hunters[11]
- Sungkyunkwan Scandal[11]
2011
2012
2013
2014
- God's Gift: 14 Days[25]
2015
- Reply 1988[15]
- Who Are You: School 2015[28]
2016
- Signal[15]
2017
• Guardian: The Lonely and Great God [1]
2018
- Mr. Sunshine[29]
2019
2020s
2020
- Sweet Home[29]
2021
2022
Citations
- ^ Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 24.
- ^ Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 59.
- ^ a b c d e Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 15.
- ^ Korean Culture and Information Service 2011, p. 27.
- ^ Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 244.
- ^ Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 217.
- ^ Huang 2011, p. 8.
- ^ Korean Culture and Information Service 2011, p. 34.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Jin 2016, p. 55.
- ^ Jin 2016, p. 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Korean Culture and Information Service 2011, p. 32–33.
- ^ Jin 2016, p. 47.
- ^ Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 220.
- ^ Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 30.
- ^ a b c d e f g Ju 2018, p. 11.
- ^ a b Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 29.
- ^ a b Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 28.
- ^ Chua & Iwabuchi 2008, p. 220–221, 239.
- ^ a b c d Jin 2016, p. 56.
- ^ Korean Culture and Information Service 2011, p. 24.
- ^ a b Kuwahara 2014, p. 193.
- ^ Jin 2016, p. 52.
- ^ Korean Culture and Information Service 2011, p. 35.
- ^ Korean Culture and Information Service 2011, p. 31.
- ^ a b Ju 2018, p. 7.
- ^ a b Jin 2016, p. 48.
- ^ Kuwahara 2014, p. 22.
- ^ "'Who Are You- School 2015' OSTs Has A Hot Popularity In Taiwan". Yahoo!. June 3, 2015. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Choe 2021.
- ^ "'녹두전' 효과 톡톡…웨이브, 유료 가입자·트래픽 동반 상승". Viva100. October 2, 2019. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ Lee Kyung-tak (October 2, 2019). "웨이브 "오리지널콘텐츠' 효과로 유료가입자 순증 4.5배↑"". Chosun Biz. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ Kim 2022.
References
- Choe, Sang-Hun (2021-11-03). "From BTS to 'Squid Game': How South Korea Became a Cultural Juggernaut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- Chua, Beng Huat; Iwabuchi, Kōichi, eds. (2008). East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8052-22-6. JSTOR j.ctt1xwb6n. OCLC 650784863.
- Huang, Shuling (2011-01-27). "Nation-branding and transnational consumption: Japan-mania and the Korean wave in Taiwan". Media, Culture & Society. 33 (1): 3–18. doi:10.1177/0163443710379670. ISSN 0163-4437.
- Jin, Dal Yong (2016-03-01). New Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Power in the Age of Social Media. University of Illinois Press. doi:10.5406/illinois/9780252039973.003. ISBN 978-0-252-03997-3. JSTOR 10.5406/j.ctt18j8wkv.
- Ju, Hyejung (2018-07-30). "The Korean Wave and Korean Dramas". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.715. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- Kim, Victoria (2022-02-10). "How South Korea's music, TV and films were primed for the viral moment". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- Korean Culture and Information Service (2011-12-01). K-Drama: A New TV Genre with Global Appeal. Korean Culture No. 3. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. ISBN 978-89-7375-167-9.
- Kuwahara, Yasue, ed. (2014-02-20). The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture in Global Context. Palgrave Macmillan New York. doi:10.1057/9781137350282. ISBN 978-1-137-35028-2.
