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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefConstruction is under way in Seoul on CJ LiveCity Arena, a venue which aims to be the first major arena dedicated to K-pop.Backed by CJ Live City, a subsidiary of Korean entertainment conglomerate CJ ENM, the venue is designed for mega-scale concerts with 20,000 indoor seats, and capacity for a further 40,000 outdoors.

Are we really having a conversation about what television programmes are ‘suitable’ for young children to watch? Have I just woken up in an episode of Reeling In The Years from around 1982? A south Dublin primary school has become the latest to express concerns about children being allowed to watch Squid Game, the violent Netflix series in which players compete to win a massive jackpot.

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Apple TV+’s Korean thriller Dr. Brain is set to premiere on Nov. 4 and Deadline has your first look at the series’ trailer above. Forthcoming episodes will be released weekly through Dec. 10.

EXCLUSIVE: Will Yun Lee and Mark and Christine Holder’s Seoul Street and 04 Entertainment have preemptively nabbed the rights to My Summer in Seoul, bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken’s forthcoming romance novel set in the competitive world of K-Pop, to adapt as a television series. A search is out for a female Asian American writer to pen the adaptation.

My Name director Kim Jin-min has expressed his gratitude to Squid Game for putting Korean content on the map for international viewers.In a recent interview with The Korea Herald, Kim Jin-minspoke about the immense success of the South Korean thriller series Squid Game, which was released last month, and the impact it has had on the reception of My Name.Kim was asked if he felt that Squid Game‘s popularity has placed pressure on him and My Name to succeed, especially considering that Han So-hee

My Name director Kim Jin-min has expressed his gratitude to Squid Game for putting Korean content on the map for international viewers.In a recent interview with The Korea Herald, Kim Jin-minspoke about the immense success of the South Korean thriller series Squid Game, which was released last month, and the impact it has had on the reception of My Name.Kim was asked if he felt that Squid Game‘s popularity has placed pressure on him and My Name to succeed, especially considering that Han So-hee

Squid Game has been watched by a “mind-boggling” 142M Netflix households.

Rebecca Souw Korean superstar Gianna Jun (“My Sassy Girl”) and celebrated screenwriter Kim Eun-hee (“Kingdom”) were on hand Wednesday to give a starry launch to the first season of “Jirisan,” a Korean drama series about mysteries uncovered by park rangers on the slopes of Mount Jiri.The series is produced by Astory as a tvN and iQiyi International original that will be available from Oct 23.Other cast include movie star Ju Ji Hoon (“Asura,” “The Spy Gone North”) and Oh Jung-se and Cho

Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen, is already a bestseller. Korean cuisine and plant-based eating: not an obvious combination. But everything about The Korean Vegan is unexpected delight.

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

Rebecca Souw South Korea boasts world-beating tech firms and entertainment content that is currently hugely in demand, but locally-based SVOD companies are struggling to compete with the dominance of Netflix.Competition for Korean eyeballs is set to intensify when Disney Plus launches in the country next month.The CEOs of two Korean firms – Jay Yang of Tving and Phil Yoon of KT Studio Genie – discussed their dilemma on stage Tuesday at the Asian Contents & Film Market, that is allied with the

Squid Game.In a series of interviews with OSEN, Tripathi discussed the research that went into his portrayal of Squid Game character Ali Abdul. The actor highlighted the importance of Ali being one of the first migrant worker characters that play a major role in a Korean drama.“In Squid Game, which showcases a variety of types of humans, he is the most good-natured character.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFollowing a recent pact with Philippines broadcaster ABS-CBN, streaming platform iQiyi International has revealed its first Filipino original series. At Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market it is also launching four originals from South Korea, and others from Thailand and Malaysia.The streamer is the overseas offshoot of NASDAQ-listed Chinese streaming firm iQiyi.