Main content

How South Korea Became a Cultural Giant

From movies to K-Pop, South Korean culture manages to punch above its weight across East Asia and beyond. How did this happen and why is it so important to Koreans?

From movies to K-Pop, South Korean culture manages to punch above its weight across East Asia and beyond. How did this happen and why is it so important to Koreans? Rana Mitter vists the South Korean capital, Seoul, to investigate. In exploring the country's movies industry, Rana speaks to actress Moon So-ri and directors Chung Chang-wha and Zhang Lu.

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Mar 201715:10GMT
BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD

Broadcasts

  • Sat 14 Jan 201701:10GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News Latin America, BBC News North America, BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sat 14 Jan 201715:10GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sun 15 Jan 201709:10GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sun 15 Jan 201720:10GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sat 4 Mar 201709:10GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sat 4 Mar 201720:10GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sun 5 Mar 201702:10GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD
  • Sun 5 Mar 201715:10GMT
    BBC News Channel except BBC News UK & BBC News UK HD