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When kdramas go international

For several years now, Korean productions have been attracting more and more people internationally. If we could speak at the origin of a new fad which struck the young generation like many other things, we must admit that this trend has never stopped making its way in France, far from it. While music was the main vector of the Korean wave for quite a while, the growing popularity of the entertainment industry in the land of morning calm ended up diversifying to reach audiovisual productions, notably thanks to the famous kdramas.

Under this name, which some fans may find a little simplistic, in reality hides a large number of different genres, ranging from the dramatic mini-series in a few episodes to ambitious productions rivaling Hollywood. In France, kdramas have found their audience in particular thanks to Netflix, which has made Korean productions their new spearhead. Thus, the American SVOD platform is equipped almost every month with very different new features ranging from the very recent Parasyte The Gray has the Queen of BladesPassing by The Glory or even Chicken Nugget. But if you're the type who never feels full, you might want to move up a gear and look elsewhere.

A serious competitor for Netflix?

Despite the fairly impressive number of kdramas present on Netflix, the most seasoned fans could quickly feel lacking in new releases by staying on the American SVOD platform. It must be said that although she tries very hard to please this particular audience, she is not a specialist in the genre and probably never will be. If you have always wanted to find a similar platform in which you would only find Korean and Asian productions, we may have the solution for you.

Even though it has been around since the early 2010s, you may not be familiar with the service Viki. Purchased by Rakuten in 2013, this SVOD platform offers you an extremely extensive and diverse catalog, while remaining specialized in Asian productions. Without paying a single euro, you will be able to discover a large number of different series straight from Korea of course, but also Mainland Chinaof Japanof Taiwan and of Thailand, among other Asian countries. In addition to this diversity of countries of origin, you can of course find a whole bunch of different genres ranging from romantic comedy to fantasy, detective, action or even a few shows.