Why Korean Dramas?

Part of the answer lies in the unique strengths of many of these series: Purity, Sincerity, Passion.  The hallmark of Korean dramas (and, to some extent, in many of their feature films) is, especially compared to American offerings, a relative purity of character.  Each character's psychology and motivation is clear, clean, archetypical.  This is not to say they are not complex.  Rather a character is not made complicated arbitrarily.  Psychological insight into the character, as expressed by his or her behavior, is - I judge - often more correctly manifest than what we see on American television series: Character complexity is more convincing when the core self is not concerned with fulfilling the needs of this or that producer, sponsor or target age range or subculture.

In this website, you can find reviews of some of the most popular of these shows - now available with good English subtitles: