The drama "Winter Sonata" is said to have started Hallyu fever because it got so many non-Koreans obsessed about k-dramas. And the romantic story may soon inspire even more Hallyu devotion.

The original drama was aired in 2002 and rated as high as 28.8 percent of the viewers in Korea but it also attracted tourists from other countries to visit Korea.

The story of love and loss starred Choi Ji Woo and Bae Yong Joon, who became the first of many Korean drama stars to gain international popularity. The series and its stars were especially popular in Japan. When Bae Yong Joon first visited Japan in 2004, more than 3,000 women, guarded by 250 policemen met him at the airport.

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