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Squid Game has been crowned by Netflix as its biggest original ever, but it got off to a slow start in the U.S., according to Nielsen.

111 million globally since its Sept. 17 release, the Korean dystopian drama has, as to be expected, exploded into a real-life phenomenon — with weird and wacky, sometimes disappointing or occasionally dangerous results.St.

Squid Game later this month.According to a report by The Korea Times, the St. John’s Hotel in Gangneung, Gangwon Province will be hosting a real-life version of Squid Game on October 24.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Walt Disney Company Thursday unveiled twenty new titles in Asia as it expands the footprint of its Disney Plus and Disney Plus Hotstar streaming services in the world’s most populous region.The streaming service is currently available in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, with upcoming launches in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in November 2021.“We aim to create fifty original series and shows by 2023,” said

Squid Game as criticism against “beastly” South Korean society.According to Reuters, North Korean website Arirang Meari published an article on October 12 where it reportedly said that hit series Squid Game is a reflection of South Korean society, where “corruption and immoral scoundrels are commonplace”.The article has also allegedly cited unnamed South Korean film critics, saying that they lauded Squid Game for reportedly exposing the “unequal” South Korean society, where “moneyless people

Netflix survival drama about desperate adults competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt hit a little too close to home for Lee Chang-keun.The show has captivated global audiences since its September debut, becoming one of Netflix’s biggest hits.

Whether you’ve watched it yet or not, no doubt you’ve heard of Netflix’s controversial Squid Game taking the world by storm.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTop South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae is thoroughly enjoying the extra burnish to his already distinguished career that has come from the global success of “Squid Game,” Netflix’s hit survival game TV series. However, he says that the phone is not ringing off the hook with new offers from Hollywood.“No proposals or requests have come my way,” he told Variety.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“No Time To Die” kept its place at the top of the South Korean box office for the second weekend. But, with no significant new releases competing against the James Bond title, it was a hollow victory.The Universal-released “No Time To Die” earned $1.83 million in Korea on its second weekend of release, according to data from Kobis, the Korean Film Council-backed tracking service.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading Korean film sales agent Finecut has taken international rights to stylish genre actioner “Project Wolf Hunting.” The company will launch it at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents and Film Market which starts at the weekend.Directed by Kim Hongsun, the film is set on board a cargo ship which is being used to transport dangerous criminals from Manila in the Philippines to Busan, South Korea.

Rebecca Souw “Have you watched ‘Squid Game’?” is as common a question in South Korea as it is in much of the rest of the world, where it has become a breakout success for Netflix as the streamer’s biggest non-English-language series. But audiences in the show’s home country are divided over its merits.A recent on-air promotion event by K-pop girl band Itzy on KBS Cool FM radio recently deviated into a discussion of the survival show.

Squid Game has become one of the most popular shows on Netflix and there’s one character that’s made quite an impact.

Raiden is set to collaborate with idols from NCT, WayV, (G)I-DLE and more for his upcoming mini-album.Raiden’s forthcoming debut mini-album ‘Love Right Back’ is set to feature appearances from members of various K-pop groups, including NCT’s Taeil, WayV’s Xiaojun, (G)-IDLE’s Miyeon and Choi Yoo-jung of Weki Meki.‘Love Right Back’ will reportedly include a total of five tracks, although a detailed tracklist has yet to be released.

Squid Game actress Jung Ho-yeon has been named as a global ambassador for luxury brand Louis Vuitton.This is according to a report by South Korean publication Single List, which notes that prior to the model-turned-actress’ new role as global ambassador, Jung had walked the runaway for Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection.“It is an honour to mark my beginnings as an actress with Louis Vuitton after having worked with them as a model,” Jung told the outlet, as translated by Soompi.

a recent blog post regarding its September update.“We are all riding the crest of the Korean wave, and this can be felt not only in film, music, or fashion, but also in our language, as evidenced by some of the words and phrases of Korean origin included in the latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary.”The new batch of K-related words includes entries for mukbang, “a video featuring a person eating a large quantity of food and talking to the audience,” the comic book genre manhwa and the

The Spanish Film Academy has picked Fernando León de Aranoa’s comedy-drama The Good Boss as its entry for the International Oscar race this year.