Korean drama, or K-drama, is enjoying phenomenal worldwide success. Thanks to video-on-demand streaming - and given a boost by the pandemic - South Korea is now one of the largest content providers in the world. In this edition of The Cultural Frontline actress Min-ha Kim, who plays Sunja in the adaptation of the best-selling historical novel Pachinko, explores the worldwide impact of K-drama and speaks to writers, actors and producers about how it is evolving as new fans around the world embrace it.

Uhm Jung-hwa, star of Doctor Cha, tells Min-ha about the changing roles for women in drama.

Forbes K-drama critic Joan MacDonald on the way Korean drama has changed since she first began watching it 14 years ago.

Hong Eun-mi, a Korean script writer, explains why the gap between K-drama and cinema has narrowed - and why food will always play an important role.And how another Korean innovation, webtoons - comics designed to be read vertically on a smartphone – became a primary source for K-dramas. Min-ha speaks to Minyoung Alissia Hong, an executive at Korean media company Kakao Entertainment.

K-drama fans come from all over the world, says Deema Abu Naser who runs the biggest K-drama community on Instagram, @deemalovesdrama. She was recently invited to visit K-drama locations in Korea by Jeanie Chang, who posts about K-drama and mental health as @noonasnoonchi. And K-dramas are also hugely successful when they are remade in other countries - screenwriter Melis Veziroglu Yilmaz adapts Korean dramas for Turkish TV.

Produced by Julie Yoonnyung Lee, Samantha Haque and Vibeke Venema