Nymphadora:
I think it has a lot to do with the actress, like in Korea is really easy for an actress to be dragged for anything. They create an image and maintain it. Like you will never see Park Shin Hye in a steamy scene because her public image is of "the innocent girl".
I think the kisses are better when the actresses are not labeled as "pure white". Is just what I perceive.
Also, none of us will TT________TT
Edit: Also if I was that actress, any actress, paired with Seo Kang Joon and we had to do a kiss scene, I'd be like "yes! Lets do it for real, forget closed lips"
Yeah In a sense it’s true but I also think it has to do with a lot of elements. Rarely in a family drama (50 and up episodes) will you see good kissing scenes and I mean steamy hehehe. As this are more for older women that are house wife’s. And they are so easily to see this wrong. Also is it day time or night time tv or pay tv or free channels. And actor explain that, he also explain how the actress had to teach him how to move when kissing because he was used to doing peck kisses because he had only been on dramas where that was asked for which are free channels dramas not payed like direct tv.
Man I wish I remember where he explain it to send you the link, It kind of open my mind why the differences of kissing scenes.
Also how you explain it but example Park Shin Hye has better kissing scenes in Doctors. They do have a chance to change this image of good girl we aren’t asking to go all racy like the girls from Disney channel where they go from good girl to showing everything ahhahah. I mean we aren’t asking for much just realistic kisses, especially older celebs. If they are teens I understand.
I also seen a change on kdramas the kisses aren’t like those kisses in older drama where they look all surprised and they lock their lips. Hahahah