SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Three South Korean TV series, including “Squid Game,” have made it on the top 10 popularity list on Netflix, continuing the recent global popularity of Korean content on the global media streaming platform. According to data by streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol on Monday (U.S. time), the survival drama “Squid [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has claimed that Netflix’s original series “Squid Game” exposes the uncomfortable truth behind the South Korean society and the capitalist regime, without mentioning the series’ worldwide fame. Meari, a North Korean propaganda website, claimed Tuesday that the series’ popularity is based on “the extreme competition for survival [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The smash-hit Korean-language drama series “Squid Game” has become Netflix’s most successful original content, the U.S. streaming giant said Wednesday. Netflix said the dystopian series had been viewed by more than 111 million accounts in the first 28 days since it debuted on Sept. 17. The previous record holder [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix Services Korea Ltd., the local unit of global video streaming giant Netflix Inc., has been accused of evading taxation in South Korea by turning over most of the revenues generated in the country to overseas headquarters as ‘commission.’ Independent lawmaker Yang Jung-suk claimed that Netflix Services Korea has [...]
PARIS, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A pop-up store for Netflix’s original Korean series “Squid Game” opened up in France over the weekend, attracting fans in Europe. The pop-up store, set up at a cafe in Paris’ 2nd arrondissement, ran from Saturday to Sunday and allowed visitors to take photos with the staff dressed up [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Broadband Co., a major South Korean internet service provider (ISP), said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Netflix to demand network usage fees after a local court ruled against the video streaming giant on the dispute earlier this year. In June, the Seoul Central District Court dismissed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. streaming giant Netflix said Wednesday that its Korean investment over the past five years has led to an economic effect worth 5.6 trillion won (US$4.7 billion) in South Korea’s entertainment-related industry. In an online event titled “Netflix Partner Day,” the company said it has injected 770 billion won [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hwang Dong-hyuk, the writer-director of the hit Netflix series “Squid Game,” has said the show’s global popularity is something he never expected. “It’s just a surprise. It’s incredible that all this craze happened within a week,” Hwang said in a media interview held online Tuesday. “As a creator, I’m [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — “Squid Game,” Netflix’s new Korean survival drama, may become the global streaming entertainment giant’s most successful original content ever, its chief has said. “Squid Game will definitely be our biggest non-English language show in the world, for sure,” Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, said Monday (U.S. time) during Code [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The popularity of the new Netflix Korean series, “Squid Game,” can be attributed in large part to its exposure of social and capitalist realities, critics said Thursday. In that regard, the nine-part thriller, which revolves around a group of people taking part in a series of deadly games to [...]