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China Likely To Remove Ban On Korean Dramas, Movies & K-Pop As Early As May
Signs are looking positive that mainland China is finally removing its unofficial ban on Korean content, which has been in place since 2016.
China started to restrict the distribution of Korean music, movies, dramas, games and all other forms of pop culture in 2016 in retaliation to South Korea ’s deployment of U.S. THAAD missile defense systems. Although Beijing has never officially acknowledged the ban, very few Korean movies or dramas have been released in Chinese cinemas or on streaming platforms and K-pop artists have not been allowed to perform in the country. Korea’s entertainment market has also suffered as a result of the ban – the KDB Future Strategy Research Institute recently estimated that it caused damages of up to $15.3BN (KRW22TR) to related Korean industries in 2017, according to the KED report.
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