"KOREAN FEVER"

Nowadays, after Hollywood and Bollywood fever, it is the time of Korean waves in Malaysia. Starting with romance melodrama, Winter Sonata in year  2002, almost all Malaysian especially the woman and girls become the biggest fan of Korean drama or films. This drama is starring by Bae Yong-joon and Choi Ji-woo and it’s have about 20 episodes that broadcast in Seoul, Namiseom. Other than Winter Sonata, there is also other famous drama such as High Dream, To The Beautiful You, Please Marry Me and many more.

After that, Korean Entertainment came with Korean Pop or more known as K-pop. It is a musical genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. Although it comprises all genres of "popular music" within South Korea, the term is more often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South Korean pop music covering mostly dance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, hip-hop, R&B, and etc. For example, the K-pop band are Girls’ Generation, 2PM, Big Bang, Super Junior and CNBLUE.

Not only that, the reality shows of Korea is also famous in here. One of the accurate prove is Running Man. This TV series is start since 2012 until now and it’s already about 173 episodes. Yoo Jae-suk, Gary, Haha, Ji Suk-jin, Kim Jong-kook, Lee Kwang-soo and Song Ji-hyo are  the main character in this game-variety show. Other than Running Man, there is also other reality shows like Family Outing, 1 night, 2 days, Gag Concert, Quiz that changes the World and etc.