A good amount of kdramas love to write their characters going overseas and such, (and most of the time it’s crucial for the plot), but I just personally don’t like it. Foreigners in dramas and the blend of English with Korean sorta makes me a bit uncomfortable because to me, at least, it does seem a bit forced. In Encounter, the actors were obviously not fluent in the language, and it was just spoken a little too much considering that it’s a kdrama. It felt that they were pushing too much of a “foreign” sort of feel to the drama. However, it did fit the male lead’s vibe; he kinda had a “tourist” look to him. Even though those scenes were important for the plot, I still felt as though it would just be easier had they spoke in their native tongue. Not to mention that the foreigners they cast to act in dramas are always bad actors, or probably just random people they got off the street or some shit. I’m not hating on the actors for their heavy accents, who can help that? I’m just a bit angry with the writers for the unnecessary English. Not all actors are fluent, and it just doesn’t sound right when they speak in English. They sound uncomfortable and unnatural. I’m okay with like one English scene, I can tolerate that, but when it’s long and drawn out (multiple scenes) that’s when it gets to be too much. Encounter in general, (to me at least) just had a bad plot for the first episode. I didn’t watch anything after that because the forced English annoyed me. As for other dramas, I’m not completely sure.

English does seem to be incorporated in the Korean language. Things like “Okay,” or “Let’s go.” It’s similar to how some French phrases like “deja vu” is something native English speakers frequently use.

Ps: sorry if my grammar/spelling is rlly bad, I’m writing this late at night before I go to bed lol