'Squid Game' Season 2 to host foreign press event unaffected by martial law aftermath

Participants take part in a game based on Netflix's TV show "Squid Game" ahead of the launch of Season 2, on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, Sunday. AFP-Yonhap By KTimes Netflix will hold a grand production presentation of its hit series "Squid Game" Season 2, inviting foreign media from 22 countries to the event. According to sources on Wednesday, the production presentation will take place on Dec.

9 at the Art Hall of Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. The event will host approximately 160 foreign journalists and influencers from 22 countries, including the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, the Philippines, India and Thailand. After the presentation, attendees will have the chance to meet key cast members such as Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Im Si-wan and Cho Yu-ri to delve into the themes and production of the series.



Despite several countries issuing travel advisories for Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, the foreign media's plans to attend the event remain unchanged. Last year, Netflix capitalized on the global interest in Korean productions by organizing a promotion for its original film "Kill Boksoon" (2023), coinciding with its screening at the Berlin International Film Festival.

While that event brought media representatives from seven countries to meet actor Jeon Do-yeon, the scale of the event for the upcoming second season of "Squid Game" has expanded subtantially, reflecting the series’ explosive international popularity. Two people dressed like the characters from the series stand at a special event for Season 2 of the television series "Squid Game" in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 3.

Reuters-Yonhap "Squid Game" Season 2 continues the story of Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who returns to the deadly games seeking revenge, and the Frontman (Lee Byung-hun), who awaits him. The series explores their fierce confrontation and the resumption of the deadly competition. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who made history as the first Asian to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing, returns as the director, writer and producer for the sequel.

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times..