A poster for “Queen of Tears” is shown in this image provided by tvN. (Yonhap) SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Three Korean shows made it into Netflix’s top 10 Non-English content chart in the first half of the year, the global streaming service said Friday.
According to its Engagement Report from January to June, the Korean TV shows “ Queen of Tears ,” “ Parasyte: The Grey ” and “ My Demon ” garnered 29 million, 25 million, and 18 million views, respectively. Of the three, “Parasyte: The Grey” is the only Netflix Korean original, while the other two are licensed titles. In the overall TV series rankings, which include both English and non-English titles, the romantic drama “Queen of Tears” ranked 14th, making it the highest-ranking Korean content.
“Badland Hunters,” an action film featuring Don Lee (also known as Ma Dong-seok), emerged as the most popular Korean movie on Netflix. It secured the 17th position on the platform’s overall most-watched films list. However, no Korean titles broke into the overall top 10 most-watched list, continuing a trend from the latter half of last year.
Non-English shows accounted for nearly one-third of all viewing among the top 10 titles, according to the biannual report. (Yonhap).
