A Starter Guide to Streaming Great South Korean TV Drama<br />Nearly 40 percent of all Korean viewers tuned in to watch the finale of this intimate tale of love on the battlefield,<br />and the show exposes a much deeper fault line in contemporary South Korean culture: the fierce militarism of the post-Korean War generation butting up against the waning nationalism of Korean millennials, whose ideals can tend toward mutual understanding and healing.<br />“Hello, My Twenties!” tackles some of the biggest issues faced by young women in South Korea: sex<br />and relationships, alcoholism, body image and life outside the extended family.<br />In a similar vein to “Girls,” this show follows five young female roommates as they struggle to balance traditional expectations for women with the drive for self-fulfillment<br />promised by capitalism — the difference being that, for South Koreans, traditional values include Confucian ideals of altruism and respect for one’s elders.<br />Trapped on mortal planes but unbound by time, the goblin (who looks mostly like a handsome<br />young man), seeks a human bride, whose love will release him into the afterlife.<br />This delightfully nerdy tale with comic book influences combines the moral core<br />of Batman with the humor of “Iron Man” and the love triangle of “X-Men.”<br />Korean TV’s orientation toward family values has garnered it popularity with broadcast channels<br />in predominantly Muslim countries like Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.
