Saturday, November 11, 2006

001_drama mama


We all know that the US has got movies from Hollywood as one of their most valuable exports. The same applies to Bollywood in the case of India. But Korea is probably the only country that makes a lot of cash out of its drama series. It is a real phenomenon. Even in Singapore, one fine day out of the blue, all VCD shops have at least a whole corner dedicated to Korean dramas. All travel agencies provide tour packages to Korea to see some of famous shooting spots or film sets. (they call those theme parks, yeah right…) Kids start to learn Korean language and cooking. Bae Yong Jun is more well known than Kofi Annan and Rain’s tickets are far more expensive than Madonna’s or Michael Jackson’s. It seems whatever related to Korea is now so cool. (this rule applies only to S. Korean products, so Kim Jong Il is out of the picture even though the dude has got cool hair cut) Anyway, no explanation better than seeing for yourself, if you have a chance to travel to South Korea, please spare some time to shop at this duty free shop at the airport. This is so unbelievable…

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