Article: China Focus: ROK TV series grip Chinese viewers

China Focus: ROK TV series grip Chinese viewers

By Xinhua Writer Huang Xin

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Li, an employee of a Shanghai based electrical appliances company, says she has since early September declined all appointments or invitations staying home at night so that she can sit in front of the television in time for "Dae Jang Geum," a Republic of Korean TV series that has become a runaway hit this year.

Like a magnet, the seemingly common stories set in the Chosun Dynasty about 500 years ago demand every minute of her attention, as if they were "life experiences of my own," says the stylish 27-year- old.

She is just one of the millions of Chinese viewers fascinated by ...

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