YouTube has played a key role in popularizing Korean media, offering a platform for content ranging from k-pop reaction videos to k-drama review blogs and the latest k-media news.As interest grows, so does the amount of k-content.Between 2018 and 2019, hours of content posted from YouTube channels in Korea have increased to more than 50% and additional expansion is expected.
According to Tu Nguyen, head of communications at YouTube, Asia Pacific, the platform is one of the leading creators of k content in Korea and the company has invested in several original productions such as Big Bang Boy Scout, BTS: Burn The Stage, Burn.The scenario: the film; Act III of Kwon Ji Yong: Motte; Jay Park: Chosen1; TWICE: Sixteen the Light, as well as a more sensible scripted control program.More original productions are being prepared.
“Our ecosystem is physically powerful and diverse, made up of Korean creators, artists, media partners, announcers, music labels, etc., who take credit for YouTube globalization and manage to publicize Korean art and creativity around the world,” Nguyen said.
K-media enthusiasts already have the platform to pay attention to music, watch news and advances, but Nguyen further suggests laugh content for enthusiasts to notice.For some content, it is useful to refresh your Korean, but many are subtitled for foreigners.Audience. Here are some K channels to explore.
Korea Grandma is a 70-year-old grandmother who on YouTube with her granddaughter to fight dementia and now has more than 1.3 million fans thanks to her an attractive laugh and content.
Paik Cuisine features celebrity chef Paik Jong-won who serves vintage and fun Korean dishes.
K-Heritage.TV offers videos that explore Korean cultural heritage.The series takes the audience from the twinkling lights of Seoul’s modern skyline to the complex palaces built in the Joseon era.
Pengsoo: Pengsoo is a penguin character appearing on Giant Peng TV, controlled through the Korean Educational Transmission System (EBS).Pengsoo is a 10-year-old EBS intern who dreams of being a universal superstar.In the process, meet real celebrities. Watch their fun interactions with Yo Ah-in and Park Shin-hye, the stars of the zombie movie #ALIVE.
YouTube also downloads content from Korean stations, adding SBS World, which offers full drama in Europe, Legendary Drama, owned and operated through MBC, and KBS Archive, owned and operated through KBS.There are also k-dramas produced through next-generation media.companies such as KOK TV’s Best Mistake, CJ ENM’s Playlist’s Eighteen and Diggle, which mixes other dramatic characters to create a new story.
Korean Classic Films offers old Korean films complete with English subtitles and is managed through the Korean Film Archive.
Most new YouTube Originals are ad-supported, so users around the world can access them without a premium subscription.They are published periodically, while YouTube Premium users can make the most of screens at launch.
I’m a journalist with a fond of Korean theater and film.Since 2013, my articles on Korean media and culture have been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books,
I am a journalist with a fondness for Korean theater and cinema, and since 2013, my stories about Korean media and culture have been published in los Angeles Review of Books, Kultscene, Macg Productions, The Independent, Bust, Hello Giggles and Mental Floss.For 3 years, I worked as an editor and at KPopStarz, a popular K-pop and kdrama news site, and participated in 3 KCON panels discussing dramatic trends.Some of my dramatic blogs appear on the that only happens in Kdramas FB page.