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Netflix to Cap K-drama Star Salaries at 300 Million Won After Escalating Drama Budgets Caused by Salary Inflation

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 15, 2025 by ockoalaSeptember 16, 2025
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This is good news to stop the continuing ballooning of drama budgets, but unfortunate for stars that have soon to be produced Netflix K-dramas. The streaming giant is reportedly capping K-drama salaries at 300 million won (about $212,000 USD) per episode after it got to nearly three times that amount in recent years for super top stars. This will hopefully … Continue reading →

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Poll Shows that Netflix Remains Most Popular Streaming Platform in South Korea, Followed by Waave, TVing, and Watcha

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 23, 2021 by ockoalaSeptember 23, 2021
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This is an interesting case result to see what are the reasons for South Korean viewers to use one streaming platform (or two) over the others. Most are pay to subscribe so it has to have lure to get folks to shell out the monthly subscription. To no surprise, the number 1 streaming platform in South Korea in Netflix, which … Continue reading →

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2018 Streaming Services for K-dramas Include Viki, Kocowa, Netflix, and Hulu

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 20, 2018 by ockoalaOctober 21, 2018
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Now that Dramafever has shut down where can diehard K-drama addicts get their fix online now. Until fans waxed nostalgic about mysoju.com in my Dramafever shut down post I had totally forgotten about that site which offered aggregated K-drama viewing in the early Hallyu days without official licensing but also because the Big Three Korean networks hadn’t yet gotten around … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hulu, Kocowa, Netflix, Viki

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