300,000 expected to join soap tours to S Korea

[Taro Toporific]

" About 300,000 people were expected to join soap tours to South Korea this year, up 70,000 from last year, said Lee Ga-young at the Korea National Tourism Organization said."
---from Mushy South Korean Soaps Lapped Up Across Asia
Mon Oct 11, 2004 08:08 AM / REUTERS News
....also see the FG thread: Korean Drama=AK Suicide

[Samurai_Jerk]

Now that they've started cracking down on prostitution in Korea I guess they'll have to cancel those soap tours.

[Mulboyne]

[Mulboyne]

NCM: China, Taiwan Crack Down on Korean Soap Operas

...But lately, the popularity of Korean soap operas is causing a backlash against Korean pop culture imports. Rising economic tension in the region and competition between Korean soaps and those produced in China and Taiwan finally came to a head last week as the Chinese and Taiwanese governments announced measures to curb the "Korea wave." Taiwan's Government Information Office announced on Jan. 10 that it is considering limiting foreign television shows during prime time, reported the Taipei Times. In December 2005, China's State Administration for Radio Film and Television, which controls programming on Chinese television stations, announced that it will decrease the air time for popular Korean television shows by half. Local TV programming directors told the People's Daily that stations want to cool down the "Korean fever"...more...

[Greji]

Now that they've started cracking down on prostitution in Korea I guess they'll have to cancel those soap tours.

Yup, ain't it a bummer. I had to cancel my ticket that I bought for the soapland tour, when I found there was no "land" in it!

[dimwit]

Yup, ain't it a bummer. I had to cancel my ticket that I bought for the soapland tour, when I found there was no "land" in it!

Asia soapland tours are always available in southern China if you happen to be a salaryman for a Japanese construction consortium.