Netflix is deepening its foothold in South Korea through partnerships with local broadcasters and platforms, intensifying competition as domestic streaming giants Tving and Wavve prepare to merge next year.

Around the same time, South Korea rapidly grew rich, benefitting from an export boom in cars and electronics. And money from conglomerates, or chaebols as they are known, flowed into film and TV production, giving it a Hollywood-like sheen.

The flight was carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed before slamming into a barrier, killing all aboard except two flight attendants.

A less-than-perfect debut for the new season of Netflix Inc.’s blockbuster series Squid Game sent shares of related South Korean companies sharply lower Friday.

Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Noah Centineo heads to South Korea in the trailer for The Recruit Season 2. Centineo portrays Owen Hendricks, a lawyer for the CIA, in the series. "Mr. Hendricks, you seem to always need to be the hero," says Walter Nyland (Vondie Curtis-Hall) in the preview. "But you're a lawyer."

Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae has distanced himself from South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol’s party after a photo of him with the party’s ex-leader resurfaced online, according to Korean media. Mr Yoon plunged the country into political chaos on Dec 3,

Check out some interesting facts about Park Sung-hoon, the 'Squid Game 2' star winning praises for his transgender role.

The director opined that things have “gotten better” for such marginalized people within South Korea. However, he also mentioned that there’s still a long way to go. On that note, Dong-hyuk hopes that Player 120's story can have a positive impact within society:

In an interview with South Korean news outlet Sports Chosun that was published on Sunday (Dec 5), Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk admitted that he underestimated the level of public backlash former BigBang rapper TOP would face as Thanos/Player 230.

International star Wi Ha-jun of MSteam, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Spackman Equities Group, returned to his role in the second season of SQUID GAME, which is fast breaking historical records - topping charts in 93 countries including Canada,

When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it could not have known how relevant the theme would feel in South Korea just