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SEOUL, September 15 (Yonhap) -- Six out of ten American adults have watched the Korean Netflix original series "Squid Game," and 90% of them have responded that they are planning to watch the second season of it as well.
The New York branch of the Korea Tourism Organization announced on September 14 that these are the results of the "The reputation of K-Culture and trend analysis" survey done with Kim Mi-ran, business school professor at Michigan State University.
The survey was conducted on 3,218 Americans over the age of 18, provided by Qualtrics, a US research firm.
"Squid Game," which recently swept six awards, including the Best Director award and the Best Actor award at the Emmy Awards, which is the most prestigious award show in the US television industry, got the most votes as America's favorite Korean drama and movie (with 77%, multiple responses). 2nd place was "Parasite" (39%), 3rd place was "Train to Busan" (30%), and 4th place was "All of Us Are Dead" (29%).
52% of the respondents chose Lee Jung-jae, who won the best actor award at the Emmys, as their favorite Korean actor. 45% chose Jung Ho-yeon and 25% chose Song Kang-ho. 36% chose K-Pop as the category of K-Culture Americans enjoy the most. Korean dramas, movies, and Korean food were ranked second with 34% of votes.
BTS ranked first in the survey of favorite Korean artists with 70%, Black Pink ranked second (33%), and PSY ranked third (21%).
71% of the respondents chose Korean instant noodles, Ramyun as their favorite Korean food, 59% chose fried chicken, 57% chose K-bbq, Bulgogi and 37% chose Bibimbap.
64% of respondents answered that 'K-culture contributes to increasing the popularity of Korea" and 58% of Americans answered that "it contributes to reducing hate crimes against Asians."
Also, six out of ten Americans answered that they are hoping to travel to Korea in the near future.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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