Looking for a new series to watch? Meet the Australians who've fallen in love with K-drama.
"With K-dramas, there's this build-up of emotion and getting to know each other. They probably hate each other at the beginning [but] they grow to love each other at the end ... it's more about really building that relationship."
Another satisfying feature of K-drama is that the shows are short; many only run for 16 to 24 episodes and second seasons are a rarity.Korean culture and society is one of Associate Professor Roald Maliangkaij's research areas at Australian National University. He has also lived in South Korea and takes regular trips there.
Shows also avoid typecasting women and "Korean women can often be very powerful characters in Korean dramas". But of course, they often star attractive people. "When you go to South Korea, you'll find that in a restaurant, you often don't have a waiter, you have a machine, so you order through the machine.
"So whenever you see a drama where people have a lot of time to talk to other people, I probably would say that's a bit unrealistic ... It's just a very tough place to live with long working hours.
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