TBI Weekly: Why Korean docs are next to ride the Hallyu Wave

Sam Joyce, acquisitions and content strategist at factual distributor TVF International, explains why Korean documentaries are poised to follow formats and scripted content from the country to take the world by storm.

It is hardly breaking news that Koreas content industry produces massive international hits. While Parasite and Squid Game have marked two of the biggest recent breakthroughs in the globalisation of Korean content, these are merely the latest successes in a long-term trend with its roots back in the early 2000s, when films like Oldboy and The Host gained international acclaim.

Whilst the country's documentary output has been a little slower to travel, it seems that could be all about to change.

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