[Kim Seong-kon] Korea depicted in recent American TV shows

Due to the unprecedented popularity of K-pop, K-film and K-dramas, Korea is in the global spotlight these days. As a result, recent American television shows are reflecting this trend by frequently casting actors of Korean origin or showing the streets of Seoul to attract viewers’ attention. “The Blacklist,” an American thriller TV series that aired from 2013 to 2023, is a good example. In the show, after the female protagonist Elizabeth Keen, an FBI profiler, was killed, a Korean American actor