According to http://www.powerranger.co.kr, South Korea has decided to skip Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and instead opt to re-dub Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger as "Power Ranger Jungle Force" as the next succeeding series premiering on July 19.
While unsure of the official reason, people are speculating that the heavy Japanese elements in Shinkenger is mainly responsible and would be deemed too sensitive. That could also be the same reason why Hurricanger was skipped over in South Korea as well.
Strange enough, I do not think that the above is the case whereby South Korea is still touchy about its past Japanese Occupation during WWII. There are so many instances of bilateral co-operation and exchanges that happened over the years. Some examples include, Korean Singers singing in Japan, Japanese Anime Naruto (also Ninja Theme) airing in Korea.
Also, Bandai Korea will be re-issuing the Gaoranger toys for Jungle Force. Interested people, please check out: http://www.bandai.co.kr
The reason why I said re-issue was because South Korea used to air Korean-Dubbed Power Ranger Series which started from Season 1 all the way till Wild Force. Subsequently, they began dubbing Super Sentai Series as "Power Ranger" with "Dino Thunder" (Abaranger) onwards.
Weird...
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