Korean Soap Operas

We are just another group of Chinese-speaking Americans watching a Korean soap opera dubbed into Chinese.

South Korea is nice, not as immediately interesting as Japan or the Chinese world in my opinion, but one thing that the Koreans do very well is the television drama. They are interesting and something that the whole family can watch, which is why they are very popular among Chinese and Japanese speakers. There is romance, drama, beautiful scenery and a very good plot line but none of the violence or casual promiscuity that might be found in the West or Japan. The stories sometimes have sad endings, with the hero or heroine dying at the end. Some of the directors are Christians, which shows through in the plot lines. I can remember one such drama where the boyfriend sacrifices his life running in front of a truck to save the life of his evil girlfriend (sometimes the guy is evil too). She later turns her life around by...well maybe I shouldn't spoil the plot for anyone who would watch this.