
“Squid Game” didn’t come out of thin air. The desperation of debt in Korea was drawn on by “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk (left). Earlier this month “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed he will make a second season.
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Unfortunately for Angela, the wildly popular and violent series about 456 desperate, debt-ridden South Koreans playing a series of children’s games to see who will survive and win a $38 million prize - and who will be shot in the head at point-blank range - is not going away. “There may be some truth to it but it also makes us (South Koreans) look bad” 1 show on Netflix and a cultural juggernaut that shines a hard, if metaphorical, light on South Korea’s high cost of living and the massive credit card debt and shame that goes along with it.

“I don’t ask but I tell him ‘no more money.’”Īngela said she hasn’t seen “ Squid Game,” the No. She said she doesn’t know if he has credit card debt. She was less forthcoming about her son but said he lived above his means in a way that was foreign to her. She’s hesitant to give details - and even asks that an alias be used rather than the American name she’s known as in the salon - but told The Post she disapproved of the expensive handbags, makeup and clothes she found out her married daughter was buying. She still sends money to her older sister - but stopped giving funds to her son and daughter, both in their early 30s, about three years ago. ‘Squid Game’ knocked from top Netflix slot by new horror series ‘Hellbound’Īngela, a 62-year-old owner of a Midtown nail salon, used to send some of her earnings back to some of her relatives in Seoul.

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