text: South Korean soap opera boosting tourism from Japan, says thinktank (AFP) AFP - A South Korean soap opera called "Winter Sonata" -- whose leading actor Bae Yong-Joon is hugely popular with middle-aged Japanese women -- is generating 1.1 billion dollars for Seoul through increased tourism business, a thinktank said Friday.
inputs: South Korean soap opera boosting tourism from Japan, says thinktank (AFP) AFP - A South Korean soap opera called "Winter Sonata" -- whose leading actor Bae Yong-Joon is hugely popular with middle-aged Japanese women -- is generating 1.1 billion dollars for Seoul through increased tourism business, a thinktank said Friday.