Local TV show budget a mere 12% of 'Descendants of the Sun'

The budget for an episode of an average local TV drama is rarely more than NT$3 million (US$93,748), about 12.5 percent that of the South Korean TV drama "Descendants of the Sun," Public Television Service (PTS) board of directors said on Thursday.

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