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Korea
Creating a bridge of integration between Korea and Latin America
The company Oh! and Co, settled in California and represented in countries like Spain, Korea, China and Italy, is currently interested in producing integrating stories, as it happens in Eastern Europe and India, where they usually include Latin American talents in their local telenovelas.

In this sense, Jean Oh, creator and Director of the company, is determined to look for and agree coproductions between Korea, Europe and South America, with the objective of laying a bridge of integration among diverse cultures. “Our intention is that of promoting a connection among the different communities, particularly the Asian and Latin ones, since I consider that both cultures have a lot in common and feel curious about each other,” she states.

In her opinion, there is a great potential for Latin American stars in the Asian market, especially in Korea, leader in the continent as far as telenovelas are concerned. However, she considers that in order to achieve a successful product it is necessary to talk to the appropriate people, keep an open mind and write stories that deal with an interesting topic for both audiences.

Jean Oh says that a Korean writer can work side by side with another Latin American writer in a good story that is successful in both markets. Furthermore, she believes that a cultural interchange of this kind would greatly benefit the parties involved. “On the one hand, because there are very few people who are familiar with the Korean culture in depth and, on the other hand, because Koreans in general ignore that their dynamic and expressive language is intimately connected to a matrix similar to that of Latin America,” states Jean Oh.
In her own words: “There are many cultural differences and similarities, but people do not usually see them until they appear on television. That is why I would like to write a telenovela that shows how easy it is not only to get to know the cultures, but also to learn the languages.” This project, whose name is still unknown, is well in the development phase. The plot, which the author did not want to give away either, is about the life of four Korean university students who grew up in South America. This means that there are big chances that these characters could be introduced in our region.
“The story remembers the economic crisis in Argentina – similar to the one that took place in Korea a few years ago – which takes place when one of the protagonists is studying so he has to go back to that country to see his parents,” says Jean. And this vision could be substituting the loss of territory suffered by Latin telenovelas against Korean ones during the last few years.