The Korean Drama 'Playful Kiss' has already opened its youtube channel to the world. Now, viewers can submit story ideas along with recruiting subbers for the show in different languages.

Korean TV Srama "Playful Kiss", which starts popular singer and actor Kim Hyun-joong, will be turned into an online drama which will show on Youtube starting this November.

A press conference was held recently at Google Korea's headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday, announcing that the TV show's producer Group 8 and YouTube owner Google have agreed to create a YouTube version of the series originally based on Japanese comic "Itazura na Kiss."

The two parties explained that it will consist of seven ten-minute long episodes, with the same cast and director from the TV show but with new or additional details, will be newly shot and distributed through the exclusive channel on YouTube, allowing viewers from across the world to watch the drama.

"This is an innovative attempt through which a domestic drama broadcast on a public network will newly be produced into an online version, and it has significance in that it will diversify the channel through which video contents are distributed," Group 8 CEO Song Byung-joon remarked.

Earlier this month, the channel for the drama opened. Now, viewers will be able to submit entries for story idea and also help in recuiting subbers for the show so it can be translated in various languages for the drama's worldwide audience.

Directed by Hwang In-roi of "Goong" (MBC, 2006) and "The Return of the Iljimage" (MBC, 2009) fame, Kim and actress Jung So-min star in the drama since it started to air a month back on MBC.

Kim plays the role of Baek Sung-jo, the all-around Mr. Perfect-type character who ends up falling in love with a girl always getting into trouble, taken on by Jung.

While the original Japanese manga has sold over 27 million copies in Japan, "Itazura na Kiss" was made into an anime in Japan and became a top-rated TV Drama in Taiwan. "Playful Kiss" has been sold to 12 countries across the world before its premiere.

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