favorite historical Kdramas

[soryang]

2. These dramas have reached an international audience

Still, I'm amused when I watch a travelogue into some place far away from Korea or the US, and the local people, usually young people when contacted by the South Korean PD, greet him in Korean and say we love Korea, we watch Korean drama a lot in Korean. You can tell they've been getting a steady diet of Kdramas.

Although, the contemporary popular music from BTS and the other idol groups is world famous, I don't believe you can learn the language from this style music. It doesn't really tell much about the traditional culture either. Once a long time ago, I heard a Korean psychologist refer to contemporary South Korean culture as "so bi ja moon hwa," consumer culture and is a result of western style commercial influence on culture. Still some of the contemporary Korean dramas reflect traditional values in modern society. Now I'm showing my age.

I'm trying to get my grandchildren to learn the Korean alphabet and learn how it sounds from watching and listening to Korean programing.