I can't believe the outrageousness of this. No, idiots, actors WON'T work for you unless you pay them. Get a clue!

An analogy comes to my mind: Home builders sending unfinished houses to clients who didn't verify their solvency.
I completely get than producing a drama costs a lot. And of course success is not guaranteed: You can have 2, 3 bad years. How is it possible to be credible with only 1 employee and a phone number?

hm. not good. what's going on recently? hope this doesn't become the norm!! why would anybody think it's ok not to pay somebody for their work?!

i feel bad for the actors, but also for the staff, the actors have their unions but the crew will only get paid after the actors wonder if there will be enough for that if they are having such problems with the actors salaries.

jeez what are they doing with their money and can they stop with this outside production business.

reminds me of all the mom and pop idol companies cropping up. just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

this is sad :(

I just started watching King of Dramas, and I must say, that gave me a whole new take on the 'actual' going ons 'behind the scenes' of a korean drama industry...Sure I probably have to take it with a pinch of salt but still.... *makes a face* man.... M.O.N.E.Y

Only recently The Great Seer ( with not so great ratings ) also faced similar issues.. Ji Sung and Lee Bo Young both not getting paid for the holidays... what are the odds...

I guess I'm wondering if it's the norm for actors or even production/crew to not get paid indefinitely even after a drama has finished? Are we just hearing about these instances in which the unions have decided to protest, i.e shut down production while a drama is airing because the unions have decided it can't get that far?

Apparently some of the actors of the drama don't really approve of what the union did to them.....Unlike The Great Seer in which it was the actors themselves that were involved in the strike, in this case it was actually the union that came to strike on the set while the drama's actors were supposed to be filming......

According to what i read, one of the actors said, although they understand the unions point but the union themselves did not put the actors of the drama who cleared up their schedule to come film their drama into consideration before coming to hold a strike demonstration on their set.....

I'm sure big stars are doing fine. It's usually actors and actresses who appear in a few episodes here and there that don't get paid. And they live paycheck to paycheck.

Sure production companies are to blame, but broadcasters should share some criticisms too. They earn a lot of money from ads, etc...At least pay these studios a little bit more per episode. Share the wealth!

Couldn't have happened to a more craptastic production... I've never seen a drama with so many utterly unlikeable characters!

Seems to me the Korean Entertainment industry as a whole needs to do better in terms of spreading their profits, you cant be that greedy and the Unions must do better in establishing laws to keep that from happening again.

this drama is really good!! I saw the first 6 episodes but stopped b/c the subbing process was so slow. Now I wait for this drama to end, so i can watch it. its enticing.
but this really sucks, professionalism ppl, KBS is a majoy drama broadcaster, how can forget to pay the actors? o_e

I don't understand why all the weekend dramas seem to generate such high ratings coz this one isn't very good at all. Started well but the storylines are a bit annoying now.

Must be having money problems.
Must be having money problems.
Must be having money problems.

A bail-out is needed.
A bail-out is needed.
A bail-out is needed.

To keep it a float.
To keep it a float.
To keep it a float.

does that apple represent sa-kwa/apology for her father?
the father figure is the only one i can sympathize in this series

KING OF DRAMAS will eternally be a reference for these things.

Anthony Kim will be an eternal legend even after the airing of this drama. Darn YAKUZA investors! Hahaha!

Oi vey. One drama after another and one really cannot help the KOD references that pop up.

Wow. I've been in some disbelief after learning about the live-shooting system some months ago, but never imagined that there would also be this aspect of the industry where it would be common for actors and staff not to get their pay from dramas done years ago. I think the union should keep pushing it- if there are any other dramas where people aren't getting paid, shut them down.

What a disgrace moreso that we're talking of Korea here not an under developed third world country.

So much adverts on progress and KPop and KDrama land capturing the hearts of audiences worldwide.

This is sad news and my heart goes to the casts and crew who have devoted their time, effort and own money during production.

Perhaps the government should intervene.

It saddens me to read about the non payment to the excellent drama actors. For those of us who are uneducated on how the payment process works for the drama stars reading this comes as a shock. I just assumed the payment processed worked the same as the process associated with the dramas produced in the USA. Is it just that the producers here have more capital to work with ? I hope this issue gets resolved soon because I love the Korean Dramas.

I really feel bad for the cast and crew especially for those extras who probably get a pittance anyway. The big stars have promos/movies they can do. Maybe the government needs to step in..

This is upsetting. I'm halfway thru the drama and this happens!!?? I don't know who they think they are not to pay my Lee Sang Yoon! lool

poor Ji Sung and Lee Bo Young

I'm glad a friend recommend that I watch The King of Dramas because now I realize the things they show in the drama really do happen.

I hope the Korean entertainment union can gain a lot of strength and experience with these walk-outs. Actors and production staff are earners too. It's just infuriating that they work hard for those up to rake in millions and yet they aren't properly compensated for what they're doing.

This is ridiculous! They are TRULY stupid if they think that actors are going to sit back and act without getting paid. Acting is their job! It's how they pay the bills. I truly hope this matter gets resolved.

You can't just not pay people and think it's okay. If they are taking the time to give their best by acting and supporting a drama that they believe in, you should be willing to pay the money.

That's shocking news, I'm actually watching My Daughter Seo Young (mid-way through episode 48 actually) and KBS STILL hasn't paid the actors ? That's got to be a joke, I have to agree that this does not sound very professional at all, putting the country in shame is supposed to be Bollywood's job (they're quite good at that too), not the Korean drama industry.