SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Netflix, the global leader in online video streaming services, is experiencing a decline in its user base as its Korean original content continues to underperform expectations. Industry watchers are now looking to upcoming releases, including the highly anticipated second season of “Squid Game” set to premiere in December, to see [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s global sensation “Squid Game” will return for a second season on Dec. 26, Netflix said Thursday, adding a third season is already in development, with plans for a release next year. The first season of “Squid Game” became a global phenomenon, recording the highest viewing hours in Netflix [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol held a luncheon meeting with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae earlier this week, his spokesperson said Sunday. At the meeting held Saturday at his presidential residence, Yoon expressed his appreciation to Sarandos for Netflix’s investment in South Korea and called [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors on Friday sought a one-year prison sentence for O Yeong-su, the winner of a 2022 Golden Globe award for his role in “Squid Game,” on charges of sexually harassing a woman in 2017. The 79-year-old O was indicted in November 2022 over allegations that he hugged a woman [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Squid Game” director Hwang Dong-hyuk has said Netflix’s global smash hit series will return for a second season with new characters and games enriching the series’ narratives. “You can look forward to Season 2 delivering a deeper story and messages with new games and new characters,” Hwang said while [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2023 Squid Olympics was held on Sunday at the Hong Kong’s Southorn Stadium in the neighborhood of Wan Chai. The event, inspired by the South Korea’s global sensation “Squid Game,” hosted a variety of Korean traditional games like “Red Light, Green Light,” “dalgona bbobggi” and “tug of war.” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Ji-won, CEO of South Korean entertainment company Hybe, and Hwang Dong-hyuk, writer-director of the hit Netflix series “Squid Game,” have been included on the U.S. entertainment magazine Variety’s annual list of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry. According to the Variety500 released Thursday [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With the shining Emmy statuette in hand, “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae received a hero’s welcome home Sunday. Lee arrived at Incheon International Airport with dozens of fans celebrating his historic honor at America’s most prestigious awards for TV programming. At the 74th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said Friday he has no plan to cast Hollywood actors in the second season, for which he is now writing the script. “I don’t have any plans to cast famous foreign stars in the second season of ‘Squid Game,’ and this will not change,” [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk received a warm welcome upon his return to South Korea on Thursday after winning the country’s first prize at the Emmy Awards. He arrived at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, along with “Squid Game” actors Jung Ho-yeon and Park [...]