SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s sensational survival drama “Squid Game” has been nominated in two categories at an annual U.S. awards ceremony for lower-budget indie movies and TV series. According to the nominations of the 2021 Gotham Awards released Thursday (U.S. time), “Squid Game,” a Netflix original, was listed in the section [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As the smash-hit Korean-language drama series “Squid Game” continues to sweep the globe, foreign viewers are gaining interest in the southern resort island of Jeju, which is mentioned only once in the series. A Google Trends worldwide search for Jeju Island delivered a full interest score of 100 between [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean hotel’s controversial bid to host a ‘Squid Game’ series of competitive events in the east coast city of Gangneung is unlikely to come to fruition due to COVID-19 restrictions. The city of Gangneung recently banned St. John’s Hotel from hosting the ‘Saint Game,’ the hotel’s marketing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will review the possibility of providing relief measures for an individual whose personal phone number was exposed in Netflix’s mega hit “Squid Game” series although it hardly constitutes an infringement of personal data in legal terms, the head of a state commission said Wednesday. The remarks by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean-style sugar candy “dalgona,” made by melting sugar and frothing it up with a pinch of baking soda, is gaining popularity in China as the mega-hit Netflix series “Squid Game” continues to gain fame worldwide. Typing in ‘Squid Game Dalgona’ on Chinese online shopping mall Taobao delivers numerous results [...]
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. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Four main cast members of Netflix’s runaway hit “Squid Game” appeared on popular American talk show “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday (U.S. time), sharing their feelings about the show’s global popularity and stories from behind the scenes. South Korean actors Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An elderly couple that has been selling Korean sugar candy “dalgona” in Seoul’s main theater street of Daehangno for 25 years hit the jackpot after creating the dalgonas that appear in the Netflix original Korean drama series “Squid Game.” Social media has been flooded with posts of photos and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An activist professor has stepped up to criticize Chinese netizens engaging in illegal downloads of the hit Netflix series “Squid Game.” Netflix is currently unavailable in China. Official distribution of Korean films and dramas, in particular, has been banned by the Chinese government. Nevertheless, the newest releases with Chinese [...]