JUXTAPOSITION IMAGES OF TWO KOREAS PORTRAYED IN CRASH LANDING ON YOU AND ITS EFFECT ON THAI AUDIENCE’S PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This study investigates the historical and political context of the two Koreas in terms of their ideologies that impact other elements of society, as well as the process and consequence of the global hit K-dramas: Crash Landing on You toward Thai audiences’ perspective. Incorporating evidence from literature research, this study explores insights into two Koreas’ backgrounds. While, in terms of content, the study focuses primarily on the scripts, visuals, and hidden agenda of Crash Landing on You by juxtaposing South and North Korea, as interpreted by the researcher, as well as a review of the literature on the production process and interviews to analyze how the two differ. In addition, a questionnaire of Thai viewers would be surveyed to assess the impact of the drama on the international perspective of the two Koreas through the eyes of foreigners. Each Korea achieves its newly formed ideological constructs, which play an important part in shaping areas of society such as the way of life, language, and social values. Crash Landing on You was designed to depict the contrasting visuals between South Korea and North Korea which outsiders never had experienced before. The juxtaposition pictures depicted in the drama do not focus on just one country but on both Koreas. As a result, the more they diverge, the more vivid their national images are. Even while the series focuses mostly on highlighting the differences between the two, what is also delivered is a story of the Korean Peninsula nowadays.