School 2013

School 2013
Promotional poster
GenreComing-of-age
Teen
Written byLee Hyun-joo
Go Jung-won
Directed byLee Min-hong
Lee Eung-bok
StarringJang Nara
Choi Daniel
Lee Jong-suk
Kim Woo-bin
Park Se-young
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16 + 1 special
Production
Executive producerHwang Eui-kyung
Production locationKorea
CinematographyWi Chang-seok[1]
Kwon Hyuk-gyun
EditorJung Hyun-kyung
Running time70 minutes
Production companiesCulture Industry Company School LLC, Content K
Original release
NetworkKBS2
Release3 December 2012 (2012-12-03) –
28 January 2013 (2013-01-28)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
Korean name
Hangul
학교 2013
Hanja
學校2013
Revised RomanizationHak-gyo 2013
McCune–ReischauerHak-kyo 2013

School 2013 (Korean학교 2013; Hanja學校2013; RRHak-gyo 2013) is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Jang Nara, Choi Daniel, Lee Jong-suk, Park Se-young and Kim Woo-bin.[2][3][4][5] The teen drama depicts the struggles and dilemmas that modern-day Korean youth face, such as bullying, student suicides, school violence, deteriorating teacher-student relations, private tutoring and other real-life high school issues, all within the confines of one small classroom at Victory High School.[6][7][8][9]

It is the fifth installment of KBS's School series which aired from 1999 through 2002.[10] It aired on KBS2 from December 3, 2012 to January 28, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) for 16 episodes.

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  2. ^ Jeon, Ji-young (23 November 2012). "Distinctive Posters in Three Sets Released". KBS Global. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  3. ^ Lee, Tae-ho (2 November 2012). "Actors in KBS School Hold 1st Script Reading Session". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  4. ^ Ho, Stewart (2 November 2012). "School Holds First Script Reading As Entire Cast Gathers". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  5. ^ Ho, Stewart (15 November 2012). "School 2013 Holds Gosa Ceremony To Ensure Success and Good Health". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  6. ^ "Anticipation for the New "Real" School Report". KBS Global. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  7. ^ Oh, Jean (29 November 2012). "Fifth School series too close for comfort?". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  8. ^ Lee, In-kyung (2 December 2012). "Why School 2013 is Going to be Worth the Wait". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  9. ^ Jeon, Su-mi (4 December 2012). "School 2013 Shows the Ugly Side of Today's Schools". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  10. ^ Ho, Stewart (5 November 2012). "School 2013 Set As Official Title and Releases Group Poster of the Students". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-07.