Squid Game creator and cast join calls to impeach South Korea’s President Yoon

Squid Game auteur Hwang Dong-hyuk has joined calls by hundreds of South Korean actors and directors to impeach or oust President Yoon Suk-yeol, pitting one of the country’s most powerful industries against the embattled leader. Hwang, who won global acclaim for creating Netflix’s most popular show ever, used a news conference in Seoul on December 9, 2024, ahead of the second season’s launch to blast Yoon for his now-revoked martial law decree. Yoon survived an impeachment motion over the weekend for his move, which plunged the country into its worst political crisis in about four decades.