South Korea‘s film, TV and streaming sector made ₩24T ($17.1B) in gross domestic product in 2025, according to an Motion Picture Association (MPA) report.
The industry also supported 291,100 jobs, and the MPA noted that for every ₩1B generated through the industry, ₩2.1B was created elsewhere. Nearly four in five jobs were in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise space, which the MPA claimed reflects “a deeply integrated production ecosystem.”
The findings, produced by Oxford Economics, were presented at at the National Assembly in Korea’s capital, Seoul, alongside policymakers and industry leaders.
South Korea‘s influence internationally continues to boom, as K-pop drives youth music tastes and shows such as Squid Game deliver outsized results for the likes of Netflix. MPA’s studio members – Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, and Warner Bros. Discovery – have all
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