The most successful South Korean TV series in history, Squid Game sped up a golden age of ‘Hallyu’ while provoking serious ...

In South Korea, much of the domestic reaction to 'Squid Game' has focused not on plot but on the prestige it has brought to ...

The backstory of protagonist Seong Gi-hun, a car factory worker who was laid off and later went on strike, was also inspired ...

The Netflix hit has left a lasting legacy as a major cultural export, but also one that exposed some unsettling aspects of ...

A former Ssangyong employee recognized similarities between the real historical moment and fictional series The third and ...

The record is just the latest achievement for the season—”Squid Game” also broke the Netflix three-day streaming record with ...

“Squid Game,” the No. 1 show on Netflix and a cultural juggernaut shines a hard, if metaphorical, light on South Korea’s high cost of living.

"Squid Game" is anything but your typical, saccharine, soft-glow Korean television drama. In this biting commentary on life in South Korea today, viewers are presented with a twisting, technicolor ...

Seoul, South Korea — "Squid Game," a brutal Netflix survival drama about desperate adults competing in deadly children's games for a chance to escape severe debt, hit a little too close to home ...

An image posted online by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) as part of "Squid Game"-themed promotional material touting huge demonstrations staged across South Korea on October 20 ...

SEOUL, South Korea — It should be clear enough to viewers that Squid Game, the South Korean TV series that has quickly become Netflix's most-watched show to date, is fictional.. It follows a ...

In South Korea, the 'Squid Game Election' campaign gets ugly Negative campaigns are aggravating South Korea's already severe political divide as presidential elections approach on Wednesday.