Time: 9.00 p.m.
Place: Home
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Still remember my last week’s post on KPop as well as some little stories
of the top 3 record labels? In today’s post, it will be about KDramas and
KMovies.
Like I’ve said before in my previous post, Hallyu Wave or the Korean wave
started from the Korean Dramas. In Malaysia, the first drama that was
broadcasted on Malaysia TV, TV3 was Winter Sonata in year 2002. The next dramas
following Winter Sonata are Autumn In My Heart, Spring Waltz, Love in Paris,
Love Story in Harvard, Full House and up until today, the trend is still going
on, with the latest KDrama on 8TV, Rooftop Prince and on TV9, Arang and the
Magistrate, both in Korean language with Malay subtitles. To show my love
towards KDramas, I have made a compilation videos of all the dramas that have
been broadcasted on Malaysia free-TV from the year 2002 until the current days
based on what I could remember. Overall, there are about 97 KDramas that have
aired on TV and I have only uploaded until Part 3, which stopped at the 53rd
drama.
Watch it here > My KDrama List (Part 3)
- View the other two parts through the links posted in that video description -
The influence of KMovies arrive along with KDramas and KPop music too.
There is no results nor findings on the first KMovie that was aired in Malaysia
TV. But, currently, there is a segment from TV9, whereby every Sunday 10a.m.,
they will broadcast a KMovie. This shows how great is the popularity of Hallyu
Wave until Malaysia TVs made a segment or slot just to broadcast the KDramas
and KMovies, with its original language, instead of Chinese dubbing along with
Malay subtitles. However, the only bad thing is that Malaysia rarely buys
KMovies to show on cinemas. Well, not just in Malaysia, I guessed that most of
the countries besides Korea buys KMovies to show on cinemas. Probably, it is
expensive and also majority still favour Hollywood movies than Kmovies. So far,
I only remembered three KMovies that were distributed to Malaysia cinemas,
which are The Tower, The Thieves and Code Name: Jackal. These movies are casted
by popular actors such as Simon Yam (Hong Kong actor), Kim Soo Hyun (well known
as the King in ‘The Moon that Embraces the Sun’ KDrama) both in The Thieves, as
well as Song JiHyo and Kim JaeJoong (JYJ’s member) in Code Name: Jackal and
lastly Son YeJin in the movie, ‘The Tower’.
Next, we will look into thetop 3 Korea TV & Radio Broadcasting
Stations; SBS, MBC and KBS. These stations are very competitive with one
another especially on their variety shows and dramas, but no one will know who
had the most profits, unlike the 3 record labels whose the best and top is
known by the people. Not only that, the reason why we would not know is because
the drama awards are held separately among the stations. Therefore, there are 3
Entertainment Awards and 3 Drama Awards. The companies are not competing with
one another, but the dramas within the same broadcasting stations are the ones
competing to crown as the top and favourite drama award.
KBS, short form of Korean Broadcasting Station is well-known for its long
history, as it started out in year 1927. There are two divisions under KBS,
which are KBS1, which airs mostly on public information films by KBS, while KBS
2 airs variety shows/programmes and dramas only, as well as national news. KBS
World is also under KBS, where it is an international tv and radio service for
the other countries,including Malaysia whereby it is distributed under
Malaysia’s paid- satellite tv channel, Astro. The famous dramas that are
broadcasted by KBS over the years are Wonter Sonata, Autumn In My Heart, Spring
Waltz, Summer Scent (a compilation of 4 seasons-theme dramas), Hwang Jin-I,
Boys Over Flower, King of Baking: Kim Tak-gu, The Fugtive: Plan B, Dream High,
Love Rain, IRIS I, IRIS II, and The Innocent Man (also known as Nice Guy). 
Meanwhile the popular variety shows they have are Gag Concert, Happy Together, 2
Days 1 Night (One Night 2 Days, if direct Korean translate), Hello Counselor, Let’s Go Dream Team! , KBS
Music Bank, and Star Golden Bell, who had ended its show due to the low rating
on 2010, but it was still known to be successful show for 5 consecutive year,
2004 - 2010).
Following KBS, it is MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) which started
in 1959 as a radio station at first and after 10 years of development, MBC
started to have their tv broadcast in 1969. There isn’t any international
service from MBC. But, they are still very popular and famous for its dramas
and variety shows. Some of the famous dramas from them are Hotelier, All About
Eve, My Love Patzzi, Jewel In The Palace
(Dae Jang Geum), My Name is Kim Sam Soon, First Love of A Royal Prince, Coffee
Prince, Goong (Princess Hours) , Goong S (Prince Hours), Dong Yi, Beethoven
Virus, and The Moon that Embraces the Sun. Meanwhile the popular variety shows
from MBC are MBC Music Core, Come To Play (ended last year due to internal issues), Infinity Challenge and We Got
Married. 
The last in top 3 most popular and largest broadcasting station is SBS
(Seoul Broadcasting Station), which started in 1991 as a private broadcasting
station until year 1995, when it officially became the national television
network and followed by the launching of ‘SBS fm’ radio station in year 1996.
In Malaysia, SBS shows,programmes and dramas are aired under ONE / ONEHD
channel on Astro. The famous dramas from SBS are Love Story in Harvard, Beautiful
Days, Successful Story of A Bright Girl, Save Your Last Dance For Me, All In,
Stairway To Heaven, On Air, Iljimae, You’re Beautiful, My Girlfriend is
Nine-tailed fox, City Hunter, Secret Garden, Rooftop Prince and Gentleman’s
Dignity. Meanwhile, the popular variety porgrammes from SBS are Challenge 1000
Songs, Intimate Note (2008-2010), Family Outing (2008-2010), Star King, Strong
Heart (re-launched with a new format and title - Hwasin), Laws of the Jungle,
SBS Inkigayo (similar as KBS Music Bank and MBC Music Core), Barefoot Friends
and Running Man, which is very popular among international KPop fans, as it is
proven to be very popular in Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Macau, Thailand, Hong Kong and also Malaysia. Moreover,
Running Man is also crowned for 3 consecutive years for the most popular
variety show among the netizens.
That is it for today, Hallyu Wave – Part 2. So, now do you feel of
getting to know more about Korea and KPop music?
Be a part of it, like me! Once
a KPop, forever a KPop! =D
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