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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With rising demand for Korean food among foreigners following the success of Netflix’s original Korean series “Squid Game”, retailers are scrambling to take action. Major online shopping mall Auction reported that between September 17 and 27, sales of marble kits (277 percent), dalgona kits (277 percent) and ttakji game [...]
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, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The success of Netflix’s original Korean series “Squid Game” is placing local streaming platforms on alert. While the thriller’s global popularity is a welcomed feat, it contrasts with South Korean production companies depending increasingly on global streaming platforms, driving South Korean platforms away from the competition. Netflix, initially praised [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s original Korean series “Squid Game” ranked first on the U.S. top 10 TV show list of the video streaming platform, a chart has showed, becoming the first Korean drama to reach the milestone. The thriller, featuring South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae, made it to the top on the [...]