By the time the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) in Jakarta announced the survey results about the most popular Korean movie star in Indonesia in 2016, I already knew that Song Joong-ki would be No. 1 on the list.
He became popular in Indonesia because of his soap opera "Descendants of the Sun." He gained even more popularity when the KTO chose him to be a tourism ambassador for Korea, and his video promoting tourism to Korea was aired on many local TV stations. The Indonesian public were extremely familiar with this prince charming actor.
The KTO in Jakarta conducted its survey using two methods, offline and online. The offline survey took place during the Korea Festival held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2016, at the Lotte Shopping Avenue in Jakarta. As many as 1,000 respondents answered this offline survey. The online survey was run through the KTO in Jakarta's official social media profiles, and 1,735 respondents answered the survey.
Both surveys included seven Korean actors who had starred in many dramas, films and on TV variety shows, broadcasts often enjoyed by Indonesian audiences. The KTO in Jakarta added up the results of both the online and offline surveys to find out who was the most popular Korean actor in Indonesia in 2016, and the prize goes to Soong Joong Ki. He also managed to beat out Lee Min Hoo, the actor who was selected as the most popular Korean actor in Indonesia in 2015’s survey.
According to this year's results, Lee Min Hoo had to settle for third place, after Kim Soo Hyun in second place. Park Bo Geum was in fourth place, and there we have the most popular Korean actors in Indonesia in 2016.
Stay tuned for next year's results.
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