http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200801/200801290005.html

Could this be directly contributed to the decrease in film quota that was such a hot top last year? 90% is a number that can’t be ignored—we could be seeing a significant decrease in the country’s film industry if such a trend continues.

They’ve certainly been experiencing a downward trend. Darcy Paquet had an article in Variety last year about the trend, and no one seemed to know if it was simply a market correction—the usual box office fluctuations from year to year—or the beginning of the “end.”

The biggest concern is when it has nothing to do with the quality of the movies—when the local audience just drifts away. How do you fix that?