South Korea Embraces BL Movies

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After conquering first Japan and subsequently Thailand and Taiwan, movies in the BL genre are now popular in more homophobic South Korea. The following CNN article tells of a South Korean singer and actor Park Jae-chan who had had very limited success in the world of K-Pop. His group was only selling 1,000 copies of their latest albums during their first weeks. Then Park was approached to play a lead in a BL movie. "Semantic Error" became a huge streaming hit and was later seen by 60,000 in Seoul cinemas. Park became so popular he was featured in more than a dozen major magazines including the Korean versions of Elle and Cosmopolitan. His latest album sold 100,000 copies in its first week.  

A still from the South Korean BL movie "Ocean Likes Me" - photo E-Motion Studio

https://edition.cnn.com/style/boys-love-south-korea-intl-hnk/index.html

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Semantic Error was fantastic. And JaeChan is adorable. For sure it gave his group a boost.