Lack of New Korean dramas on Viki

They are dubbing in a Indian language and releasing it as well.

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I noticed that too. Also the newest ones aren´t really coming to Viki anymore that´s kind of sad. And also there are many K-dramas which aren´t available in my country… Mostly genre love / romance and I´m into thriller stuff.

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I remember that Dear M was going to premiere on Viki, but with the scandal of one of the main protagonists, the Kdrama was postponed indefinitely without a release date (its original release date was February 26, 2021). And after 8 months, the Kdrama was already removed from Viki because according to them in a message to their volunteers “Dear M will likely not air in Korea”. I really feel sorry for the volunteers (subtitlers, segmenters). FEBA3019-D15E-4A9C-A635-9800928B81C0

And I can’t believe that Viki is having fewer dramas lately.

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I have the impression that during the last two years (covid) the industry hasn’t produced as many works as in the past. Worldwide. I think it is not just Viki that doesn’t have new material, it’s that there are less dramas in general.

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Snowdrop has been released in the UK and Disney plus now as well. For anyone that wishes to find it though you will have to search for it manually as the Disney plus interface hasn’t yet been configured to enable people to easily find overseas/non-English audio content. But I imagine this is something that will change as Disney plus gets more overseas content.

People who are in New Zealand, Australia and Canada might wish to search for it manually to see if they can find it.

Rookie cops hasn’t yet been released in the UK, though something tells me it will be eventually

The lack of Korean dramas here will be down to a mixture of all of the things mentioned in this topic. Netflix doesn’t actually have as many new dramas as people think a lot of what they have is older back catalogue stuff viki also has a lot of older stuff as well

I would say that Viki still gets more new content on average than Netflix does

But remember, the European uses of Viki. Will see even less content due to lack of access to the premium pass, so for European users new content will appear to be lacking this month for example in the UK there has only been around three new big Korean shows available

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I think there will be months we won’t get as many licensed Kdrama titles as we used to. For example February and March were lost. Let’s hope things get better in April and May.

On the other side, more Japanese and Chinese titles have been licensed lately.

Fighting viki licensing Team!
You can check the upcoming titles here too: :sunglasses:

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According to me, this lack is also due to the fact that Viki is focus on BL. There are so many dramas of this genre here since a year now. I understand people could be pleased by them but it let less licenses for other genres. I’m very sad that there’s also a big lack on Chinese dramas. Very big wuxia are only on Chinese platforms. I miss the period of “flame’s daughter”, we were having big titles from China.

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Yes, I have also noticed a lot of BL shows on Viki now and also web dramas. And there are practically no new Taiwanese dramas licensed here either.

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I agree. All the shows that I want to watch are coming on Netflix. They do not translate songs for some reason and I love the translations here at Viki and keep waiting for shows here. I did have the full year Viki subscription but now I am debating if its worth it…
I dont want Viki to die like Dramafever, so Viki please get more shows… Netflix is basically making shows out of Webtoons, so you can do that too…

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Lack of variety is very prevalent here at RViki =, which is disappointing because we all deserve the same/equal treatment. All these young kids dramas don’t do anything for me, so I feel it’s so unfair I have NOTHING that calls my attention to watch in here.

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Have you watched What Happens to My Family, Mother and other family dramas. They are good and worth watching.

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@poeticpeep

It’s not available in my region…:disappointed:

That’s what usually happens; The ones I like to watch are not in my region.

Thanks a lot!

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i can relate but let’s cross our fingers and wait for them to be available in your region. there were some dramas that i wanted to watch on viki but were not availabe in my region but some of them (the untamed) are available now. So crossing my fingers!

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Yes a lack of variety. I’m just waiting for a big big wuxias that will take away my heart. Unfortunately it seems that they’re all on Chinese platforms. We are all waiting for English subs. But seeing those big titles here is a hope to watch on my native language. I will not lie that it’s quite better and less tiring when you are watching very late at night.

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I love Viki community but it seems that all the best K-dramas seem to get licensed elsewhere lately. I find myself spending less and less time at Viki, both as a viewer and a contributor.

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true, the discussions were the best part (apart from much better subtitles) but there is nothing to talk about now…

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A good deal of us moved to Discord, and the discussions there are quite lively still :wink:

For all drama lovers:

For all Viki contributors:

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In addition to Viki Pass Plus, I subscribe to Netflix and Amazon Prime, and I also have Disney Plus available to me through other means. Since I am fluent in Korean, the quality of subtitles is not an issue. For me, what makes Viki stand out among them is the sense of community. I met many drama lovers and language lovers in this Discussion forum and I have been a quite active participant. However, lately, I have noticed that less people are visiting the Discussion. Even at Discord, after the initial enthusiasm has died down, it’s a lot quieter.

After the demise of Drama Fever, there was a short period of time when Viki seemed to be the most obvious choice for Asian content. However, with the popularity of Korean movies and dramas exploding globally, Viki needs to realize that it now has serious contenders when it comes to securing choice Korean dramas.

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I would immediately take out a subscription (affordable, of course) to a platform that exclusively shows all Korean shows. Not because we have too much money, but:
Netflix - shows series in North America first, even though we have English as our default setting.
Prime - doesn’t show some stuff at all, some stuff only dubbed, etc.
Disney+ - doesn’t let us watch Snowdrop or Rookie Cops and so on at all
Apple+ - even we can’t afford all the sites that come into question

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I think it also depends on the time of the year… i was just lookin through the NSSA graduates list, and the number of graduates has a pattern - the busiest/most active time of the year is around August to January, and then the number keeps declining/ there is a slight lull from March - May till it picks up again in August-September

Maybe its just because of our schedules… i remember feeling like it was too quiet last year but it picked up again after some time. I’m currently very busy with studies, and Queendom 2 takes all of my spare time. I do visit Discussions every day but i dont talk much and just answer whoever tags me.

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