Seventy-eight-year-old ”Squid Game” actor O Yeong-su has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct, South Korea’s prosecutor told AFP. READ:
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Following the news, local reports said Seoul’s culture ministry decided to stop airing a government commercial—about its regulatory innovation—featuring O. “Squid Game”—which imagines a macabre world in which marginalized people are pitted against one another in traditional children’s games that turn deadly—became Netflix’s most popular series launch ever, drawing 111 million fans in less than four weeks after debuting in 2021.The show’s success has amplified South Korea’s increasingly outsized influence on global popular culture, following global fame won by the likes of K-pop band BTS and the Oscar-winning film “Parasite.
Multiple figures in South Korea’s film industry—including late filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and actors Cho Jae-hyun and Oh Dal-su—have faced sexual assault allegations. /
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