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Netflix Korea's survival game drama series Squid Game has become a global streaming hit. Get the latest news, views and updates about the show and its stars.
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9 September, 2024
Choi Seung-hyun as Thanos in a still form Squid Game season 2. Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix
TV shows and streaming video

Where Squid Game creator gets his inspiration, his ‘darker’ next project

The young Koreans buying cryptocurrency and gambling online inspired some of the new characters in Squid Game season 2, Hwang Dong-hyuk says.

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Korean drama reviews

Review | Squid Game season 2 offers electrifying and pulse-pounding new games

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Squid Game fans compete in Jakarta race

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K-drama news

Squid Game 2 star on its ‘genius’ writer and ‘living with Gi-hun’

As the Netflix K-drama hit returns for a second season, cast and crew including Lee Jung-jae reflect on show’s impact globally – and on them.

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Korean drama reviews

The 15 best K-dramas of 2024 ranked, from Queen of Tears to Squid Game 2

From a vigilante thriller to a period political drama, and Korea’s most awaited sequel, here is our pick of the top 15 K-dramas of 2024.

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South Korea

‘Ridiculous’: Squid Game creator, cast join calls for South Korea’s Yoon to go

The stars and auteur behind the Netflix hit joined a growing chorus calling for President Yoon Suk-yeol to answer for his martial law decree.

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A poster featuring a defaced image of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is seen in Seoul. Photo: Reuters
K-drama news

How Netflix plans to make a killing selling Squid Game merchandise

Similar to Disney, the streaming giant is merchandising its popular shows, and will open Netflix House retail centres in the US next year.

K-drama news

What’s in Squid Game season 2? New cast, sneak peeks and more

Get ready for 12 new characters, twice as many creepy killer robots, the return of certain familiar faces and more in Squid Game season two.

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K-drama news

Lee Jung-jae eyed for Petty Love and more K-drama casting news

The latest news sees offers for Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae, The Glory’s Lim Ji-yeon, Seohyun of Girls’ Generation and 2PM’s Ok Taec-yeon.

Lee Jung-jae in a still from Squid Game season 2. The South Korean actor has been offered a lead role in the coming romantic comedy Petty Love. Photo: Netflix
TV shows and streaming video

Netflix hopes these new non-English series will blow up globally

This week Netflix showcased The Leopard, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and new seasons of Squid Game and Alice in Borderland.

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Squid Game is Netflix’s most successful non-English series. The streaming giant is doubling down on local-language programming. Photo: Netflix
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Recap | Squid Game back for season 2, shows stir up alcohol controversy: 5 K-drama stories

Discover the latest in K-dramas, from news to reviews, in a look back at some of our recent coverage from the world of Korean entertainment.

K-drama news

Why Squid Game 2 will be ‘more intriguing’, according to show’s creator

Squid Game’s creator talks about what will set season 2 apart when it arrives on Netflix in December, and a possible English-language version.

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United States

Indian director sues Netflix, says Squid Game ‘rip-off’ of his 2009 film

The platform said Soham Shah’s claim has ‘no merit’ and the show was created by and written by Hwang Dong Hyuk.

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Squid Game won top honours at the 2022 Emmy Awards. Photo: Netflix/TNS
TV shows and streaming video

Can Squid Game season 2 halt Netflix’s Korean viewer decline?

Scheduled for release in December, Squid Game season two has a tough task ahead as Netflix’s viewers in South Korea drops and its recent K-dramas struggle to live up to the success of season one.

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Lee Jung-jae in a still from Squid Game season two. Photo: Netflix
K-drama news

Why Korean actor Park Sung-hoon, of The Glory, Queen of Tears, is on the up

Korean actor Park Sung-hoon, fresh off two villainous turns in popular dramas The Glory and Queen of Tears, talks about getting his name known, and his coming turn in season two of Squid Game.

TV shows and streaming video

3 Body Problem piracy in China shows some American shows can still break through

BitTorrent downloads topped 90,500 on the first day of release, far surpassing those of other popular Netflix series like Squid Game and Stranger Things.

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South Korea

Star of Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ found guilty of sexual misconduct in South Korea

O Yeong-su, 79, has been found guilty of sexual misconduct, a local court said on Friday, after he was charged with assaulting a woman in 2017.

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O Yeong-su, 79, has been found guilty of sexual misconduct, a local court said on Friday, after he was charged with assaulting a woman in 2017. Photo: Instagram/ohyoung_so
TV shows and streaming video

Squid Game: The Challenge – Netflix K-drama spawns nail-biting reality show

Netflix reality survival show Squid Game: The Challenge uses the hit Korean drama as inspiration, pitting track-suited contestants against each other in a nail-biting series of elimination games.

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Korean drama reviews

Strong Girl Nam-soon: Lee Yoo-mi stars in childish Netflix K-drama spin-off

Netflix’s Strong Girl Nam-soon starring Squid Game’s Lee Yoo-mi is a cartoonish spin-off that looks set to fall short of Strong Girl Bong-soon, the classic K-drama it is based on.

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South Korean actors in Netflix K-dramas want better pay too

South Korean actors in Netflix dramas want the same as striking Hollywood actors – better pay, and residuals. So far Netflix, which outsources the production of its Korean shows, is not responding.

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Despite the success of K-dramas like “Squid Game”, Netflix does not pay its South Korean actors residuals – and the country’s actors’ union wants that to change, and supporting actors to be paid better. Photo: Netflix
K-drama news

K-drama casting latest: Squid Game season 2 confirms new additions

Season 2 of Netflix Korean drama Squid Game will include new cast members Im Si-wan, Jo Yu-ri, Park Gyu-young and Park Sung-hoon, while Lim Soo-hyang and Ji Hyun-woo could be leads in Beauty and the Devoted.

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Park Gyu-young in horror series “Sweet Home”. She has joined the cast for season two of Netflix K-drama hit “Squid Game”.
Netflix

Who are the 4 new cast members starring in Squid Game 2?

Netflix’s Squid Game was such a huge hit that it propelled several relatively unknown Korean actors to global mega-stardom – will these 4 already-impressive new cast members find the same success?

South Korea

The ‘Netflix Effect’ launched K-content to superstardom. But is it paying off?

Korean shows are hugely popular on Netflix, but calls are growing for the government to support locally funded projects and secure the rights for content amid concerns about its effects on the local market.

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | No Heaven, But Love: Lee Yoo-mi back to indie roots in touching queer drama

Squid Game and All of Us Are Dead star Lee Yoo-mi plays a waitress who begins an affair with Park Soo-yeon’s high-school athlete in director Han Jay’s touching tale of young love set in 1990s Korea.

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Lee Yoo-mi (front) and Park Soo-yeon in a still from “No Heaven, But Love”.
South Korea

More Malaysians learning Korean as K-wave continues to take world by storm

Korean is one of fastest-growing languages in world, sometimes ahead of Mandarin; ‘enjoying Korean drama, movies, K-pop might be a way people cope with stressful lives’.

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Malaysian teacher Nura Ezzatie (front), who teaches Korean, with some of her students. Photo: Handout
South Korea

Netflix hit Physical: 100 wins audiences with ‘wholesome’ yet brutal contests

The new reality television show pits 100 contestants of different genders against each other to see who is South Korea’s strongest. Insiders say it could become as big as ‘Singles Inferno’, ‘Squid Game’ or ‘Parasite’.

Fame and celebrity

Inside Squid Game and Lancôme star HoYeon Jung’s beauty and fitness regime

As a top model turned K-drama actress, Korea’s HoYeon Jung has accumulated several beauty and fitness tips to live by, from face massages to ballet – here’s how she always looks so flawless

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