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Will the popular Korean drama, seen over Chinese online video platform iQiyi, “Descendants of the Sun” suffer the same fate as Taiwanese gay series "Addiction" which was banned as the censors frowned on depiction of gays on television?
"Descendants of the Sun" has a heterosexual couple as the stars of the show, but this early after just six episodes when the Korean drama is enjoying a high rating in China and South Korea, the Ministry of Public Security of China has issued a warning to Chinese viewers on Saturday from watching Korean dramas. The ministry singled out “Descendants of the Sun.”
The ministry noted that many women had fallen in love with lead star Song Joong Ki, who plays Army Captain Yoo Si-jin in the KBS 2TV show, and it could lead to legal troubles. The warning was posted on the ministry’s Weibo account, reported The Strait Times.
The ministry cited that because of watching too much Korean dramas, a couple separated because the wife fell in love with the male lead that the man went through plastic surgery to look like the actor and win back the love of his wife.
The 16-episode drama, which has the military operations in a fictional country as backdrop, has 440 cumulative views on iQiyi. It South Korea, it has breached the 30 percent mark for Episode 5.
Song has injured himself on the set of the TV drama and is undergoing rehabilitation, according to the actor’s management agency. He broke his right wrist recently and tore the ACL on his right leg in November while doing stunts for the show.
Korea Times reported that the cast on his right wrist was removed, but he was advised to continue rehabilitation. After he fully heals from his injuries, Song will begin to film in June the movie “Gunhamdo” to be directed by Ryoo Seung-wan.
