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Korean Dramas are comparable in content and format to Japanese, Hong Kong, and other Asian dramas. They typically run for one season. Aimed at women with focus on romance, family and, well, drama, Korean dramas (along with music and movies) have been sweeping over Asia for the last decade in a phenomenon called the "Korean Wave" or Hallyu .

Some Korean dramas are popular enough to get remade in other countries—Winter Sonata was so popular in Japan that a Japanese version was produced. The street runs both ways, too, as the immensely popular Boys over Flowers was made into a Korean drama as well (not to mention a Taiwan drama and a Chinese drama).

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Korean dramas are famous for the female lead inevitably having to deal with a vicious mother-in-law, tragic setbacks and someone falling terminally ill. Actually, they're famous for pretty much everything.

Here is a guide (under construction) on how to write a Korean Drama.

It also has a wiki (which is for Asian dramas in general).

Like a lot of things in Korea, the TV broadcasters producing these shows are mostly based in Seoul.

See also Turkish Drama, Dorama, and Telenovela, other regional forms of dramatic entertainment.

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Tropes common across Korean dramas: