10 K-Dramas with Poor Popularity in Korea but Success on the International Stage

K-drama True Beauty and Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo were less popular in South Korea but exploded internationally. (Photo: celebrities.id/koreaboo)

Every audience has a different taste in drama, as well as South Korean and international audiences. Maybe for one audience this drama is bad but for another audience this is the best drama to watch.

Well, the following celebrities.id summarize 10 K-Drama with poor popularity in South Korea but successfully captured the international market, Friday (25/3/2022).

1. Doom At Your Service

2021 supernatural drama Doom At Your Service starring Park Bo Young. He plays the role of Tak Dong-Kyung, a woman diagnosed with cancer and only has a hundred days to live.

After cursing a world that was about to be destroyed, he accepted his wish. Precisely when the immortal Seo In Guk appears and spends the rest of his days with him as he develops a romantic relationship.

2. Moon Lovers : Scarlet Heart Ryeo

This 2016 sageuk drama has an amazing cast list starting from Lee Jun Ki , IU , Kang Ha Neul , and many more. This drama follows IU's character as she travels a thousand years into the past, trapped in another person's body. He ended up in the middle of a war for power and took the throne.

3. Welcome to Waikiki

Welcome To Waikiki (2018) tells the story of three boys who work hard at a guesthouse to pay for their dream film project. They soon learn that it is not as easy to make a profit as they all think.

4. Nevertheless

While Korean Drama viewers voiced their disappointment for the drama's 2021 plot and received extremely low ratings, international fans enjoyed the romance between the two characters played by Song Kang and Han So Hee.

Both characters are considered successful in proving that their roles are interesting. A flirty guy who isn't committed to a relationship ends up with a girl who doesn't believe in love. So, Song Kang and So Hee's chemistry managed to make fans blush.

5. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016) starring Lee Sung-Kyung (as Kim Bok Joo) and Nam Joo Hyuk. Tells the ups and downs of a group of athletes in college, including weightlifter Kim Bok Joo. International audiences love the funny and heart-touching moments of chemistry. This drama even inspired a restaurant in the Philippines, based on the one in the drama.

6. Tempted

Taking inspiration from Pierre Choderlos De Laclos' 1782 French book Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Tempted shows how reality unfolds when a rich young man seduces a college student to win a bet—but falls in love instead.

7. Uncontrollably Fond

After a couple goes through a difficult breakup, they are finally reunited years later. Tells the story of the famous actor and documentary producer played by Kim Woo Bin and Suzy, they are given a second chance when romance begins to resurface for both of them.

8. Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

Many famous faces such as SHINee's Minho, Park Hyung Sik, Park Seo Jun, Go Ara, and BTS's V. Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth has still had a bumpy road to its initial rankings but is still rising in the hearts of international fans. Moreover, all of the cast remain friends even after the drama ends and make fans love them even more.

9. True Beauty

ASTRO's Cha Eunwoo Hwang In Yeop and Moon Ga Young enjoyed their roles in True Beauty in 2020 based on Yaongyi's webtoon of the same name. When a college student's life turns upside down after learning how to apply makeup, international viewers love the journey and how a love triangle unfolds.

10. Extra Ordinary You

Starring SF9's Rowoon and Kim Hye Yoon, Extraordinary You (2019) attracts viewers' attention from its unique plot. A high school girl has a hole in her memory, only for her to realize that she is actually in a cartoon.

While trying to discover what's real, she meets a male high school student who is a background character, teaming up and sparking romance along the way. /celebrties.id