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9 September, 2024
K-drama news
Manny Pacquiao in Physical: Asia and more 2025 Netflix Korean content
Netflix pushes Korean content including boxer Manny Pacquiao in Physical: Asia, successor to Physical: 100, and new seasons of top shows.
6 Feb 2025 - 10:55AM
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Netflix
Get ready for Stranger Things merch as Netflix licenses Squishmallows maker
1 Feb 2025 - 5:13AM
TV shows and streaming video
Squid Game 2’s Kang Ae-sim on how she became the show’s defining ‘K-mom’
28 Jan 2025 - 8:19AM
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K-drama news
How Squid Game’s doll became the ultimate Netflix ‘killing machine’
Red Light, Green Light doll Young-hee is a key ingredient of Squid Game’s success. Her look? Inspired by the daughter of show’s designer.
25 Jan 2025 - 5:25PM
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K-drama news
Squid Game 2 is already the third most watched Netflix series ever
The sequel to Netflix’s most successful series of all time clocked 165.7 million views in under four weeks, overtaking Stranger Things.
23 Jan 2025 - 10:42AM
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 17-19
From tasting tea to doing tai chi to an electronic music beat, five things to draw you out of your flat this weekend in Hong Kong.
17 Jan 2025 - 5:15PM
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Why Thanos role in Squid Game 2 was ‘destiny’ for Choi Seung-hyun aka T.O.P
In first interview in 11 years, K-pop star with BigBang reflects on ‘lost years’, how he saw playing Thanos in Netflix series and the future.
16 Jan 2025 - 1:49PM
K-drama news
The 13 most anticipated K-dramas of 2025, from Two Women to Squid Game 3
K-pop stars IU and Jisoo, and actress Kim Min-ha, are among the stars of 2025’s most anticipated K-dramas, from Way Back Love to Newtopia.
11 Jan 2025 - 6:15PM
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‘I feel much more loved,’ Lee Byung-hun says after Squid Game success
Lee, whose Front Man has a much bigger role in Squid Game season 2, says the Netflix series has brought him far more fame than Hollywood did.
10 Jan 2025 - 7:15PM
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Asian cinema: Korean films
Best movie roles of Squid Game season 2’s new players
Do they look familiar? From Park Sung-hoon to Kang Ha-neul, we look at films new Squid Game actors were in before entering the deadly arena.
8 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM
Vietnam
Squid Game accused of whitewashing South Korea’s Vietnam war ‘atrocities’
Vietnamese authorities are reviewing whether the second season of the Netflix smash-hit series violates the law amid calls for a boycott.
7 Jan 2025 - 9:02AM
TV shows and streaming video
Where Squid Game creator gets his inspiration, his ‘darker’ next project
The young Koreans buying cryptocurrency and gambling online inspired some of the new characters in Squid Game season 2, Hwang Dong-hyuk says.
27 Dec 2024 - 7:15PM
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 27-29
The AIA Carnival is back, a beloved cafe closes, you can learn about vegan cooking and there’s some Thai jewellery to shop – Lisa’s a fan.
27 Dec 2024 - 4:15PM
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Squid Game season 2 offers electrifying and pulse-pounding new games
Richer, deeper, more cohesive, with familiar characters like Lee Jung-jae’s Gi-hun and new ones, and kinetic camerawork, Squid Game is back.
26 Dec 2024 - 4:00PM
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Squid Game fans compete in Jakarta race
24 Dec 2024 - 7:19PM
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K-drama news
Squid Game 2 star on its ‘genius’ writer and ‘living with Gi-hun’
As the Netflix K-drama hit returns for a second season, cast and crew including Lee Jung-jae reflect on show’s impact globally – and on them.
28 Dec 2024 - 7:26AM
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Korean drama reviews
The 15 best K-dramas of 2024 ranked, from Queen of Tears to Squid Game 2
From a vigilante thriller to a period political drama, and Korea’s most awaited sequel, here is our pick of the top 15 K-dramas of 2024.
26 Dec 2024 - 5:06PM
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South Korea
‘Ridiculous’: Squid Game creator, cast join calls for South Korea’s Yoon to go
The stars and auteur behind the Netflix hit joined a growing chorus calling for President Yoon Suk-yeol to answer for his martial law decree.
10 Dec 2024 - 6:46PM
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K-drama news
How Netflix plans to make a killing selling Squid Game merchandise
Similar to Disney, the streaming giant is merchandising its popular shows, and will open Netflix House retail centres in the US next year.
28 Dec 2024 - 2:14PM
K-drama news
What’s in Squid Game season 2? New cast, sneak peeks and more
Get ready for 12 new characters, twice as many creepy killer robots, the return of certain familiar faces and more in Squid Game season two.
28 Dec 2024 - 2:09PM
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Lee Jung-jae eyed for Petty Love and more K-drama casting news
The latest news sees offers for Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae, The Glory’s Lim Ji-yeon, Seohyun of Girls’ Generation and 2PM’s Ok Taec-yeon.
23 Nov 2024 - 7:15PM
TV shows and streaming video
Netflix hopes these new non-English series will blow up globally
This week Netflix showcased The Leopard, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and new seasons of Squid Game and Alice in Borderland.
21 Nov 2024 - 6:00AM
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Squid Game back for season 2, shows stir up alcohol controversy: 5 K-drama stories
Discover the latest in K-dramas, from news to reviews, in a look back at some of our recent coverage from the world of Korean entertainment.
19 Nov 2024 - 12:25PM
K-drama news
Why Squid Game 2 will be ‘more intriguing’, according to show’s creator
Squid Game’s creator talks about what will set season 2 apart when it arrives on Netflix in December, and a possible English-language version.
15 Jan 2025 - 8:17PM
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United States
Indian director sues Netflix, says Squid Game ‘rip-off’ of his 2009 film
The platform said Soham Shah’s claim has ‘no merit’ and the show was created by and written by Hwang Dong Hyuk.
14 Sep 2024 - 11:00AM
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Can Squid Game season 2 halt Netflix’s Korean viewer decline?
Scheduled for release in December, Squid Game season two has a tough task ahead as Netflix’s viewers in South Korea drops and its recent K-dramas struggle to live up to the success of season one.
21 Aug 2024 - 7:15AM
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Why Korean actor Park Sung-hoon, of The Glory, Queen of Tears, is on the up
Korean actor Park Sung-hoon, fresh off two villainous turns in popular dramas The Glory and Queen of Tears, talks about getting his name known, and his coming turn in season two of Squid Game.
2 May 2024 - 4:15PM
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3 Body Problem piracy in China shows some American shows can still break through
BitTorrent downloads topped 90,500 on the first day of release, far surpassing those of other popular Netflix series like Squid Game and Stranger Things.
25 Mar 2024 - 3:35PM
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