K-drama craze!

when Zimbabwe and other countries in the region were bombarded by the Hollywood film craze, it appears that the tables have tilted in favour of Nollywood and the Korean wave as Zimbabwe film buffs embrace movies and television dramas from South Korea. Some of the popular South Korean dramas that have graced local television screens and have found their way into Zimbabwe’s streets include “Sad Love Story”, “Coffee Shop”, “The Jewel in the Korean Place”, “Boys Over Flowers” and “My Lovely Samsoon”.
Zimbabwe’s film buffs and soaps enthusiasts are now familiar with some of South Korea’s most popular actors,  that include Song Kang-Ho of “The Good, The Bad, The Weird”, “The Host’s” Kim Sang-Kyeong and the handsome Jin Jin-hee. If anything, the said troops now enjoy the same popularity that Ramsey Noah and Genevieve Nnaji — frequent actors in the Nigerian movies — have been enjoying, since Nollywood films found their way into the country.
The popularity of South Korean movies is hardly surprising, given that they are both plot and character driven, and offer a refreshing change from the formulaic scripts of Western movies. South Korean cinema caters for every taste — romance, suspense, comedy, fantasy — or  love triangles without the obvious sexual references often found in Western dramas
Themes in Korean drama revolve around relationships, conflicts involving singletons, married couples, money, in-laws, and love triangles,
Because of the nature of the topics, the South Korean dramas are quite popular with teens as well as women in their 20s, 30s and beyond.
This is largely so because of the same cultural filters that South Korea and Zimbabwe share, which strongly condemn violence, sex before marriage, indecency and similar abhorrent behaviour. The beauty about South Korean dramas is that they are suitable for family viewing, something that the ZTV has always advocated for. 
Ironically enough, the Korean Wave, or the K-drama Fever is not only being felt in Zimbabwe alone, but even as far as United States which now hosts a Korean Music Festival during the Hollywood Bowl in California. Iran is currently screening one of South Korea’s captivating dramas, “A Jewel in Korean Place”.