Author: Samar Khouri

A second season of the Korean drama ‘Squid Game’ is in the works, Netflix’s co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos. During a discussion of the streaming giant’s fourth-quarter earnings interview, he said that the “The Squid Game universe has just begun,” and replied “absolutely,” when asked if it would be getting a second season. The Korean thriller became Netflix’s biggest TV show ever, with 142 million member households choosing to watch the title in the first four weeks, the company’s third-quarter earnings letter revealed in October. It generated 1.65 billion hours viewed in its first four weeks globally, and 95% of…

‘Our Beloved Summer’ made its debut on Netflix’s most-watched series in the UAE and Qatar. The romantic comedy, starring Choi Woo-shik and Kim Da-mi, debuted in seventh place for the January 10 -January 16 week in the UAE, according to the streaming giant in its latest weekly Top 10 list of the most popular movies and TV shows. In Qatar, it ranked seventh place. The 16-episode series was also in the top 10 in the TV list 13 countries on Netflix, including Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. Premiered on December 6 on SBS and Netflix, ‘Our Beloved Summer’ is a…

Sunmi shared some love with her fans following her stage performance at Expo 2020 Dubai. The K-Pop starlet took to Twitter to thank her fanbase, tweeting

O Yeong-su became the first South Korean to snatch a Golden Globe award on Sunday for his role in Netflix’s massive hit ‘Squid Game.’ The 77-year-old actor took home the Best Supporting Actor in Television award for his portrayal of Oh II-nam, also known as The Host or Player 001 , beating the likes of Brett Goldstein (‘Ted Lasso’), Billy Crudup and Mark Duplass (‘The Morning Show’), Kieran Culkin (‘Succession’). ‘Squid Game’, and South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae were also nominated but lost to ‘Succession” and its actor Jeremy Strong in the Best TV Series-Drama and the Best Performance by…

GOT7’s BamBam has been selected as the global ambassador for the NBA team Golden State Warriors. “Surprise! Look at my shirt~~ I am very honored to be named as the Golden State Warriors’ Global Ambassador. This is super exciting!!” BamBam shared on his Instagram account alongside several photos of himself dressed in his new Golden State Warriors jersey. “I will do my best engaging with GSW and all the fans throughout the seasons in 2022. Please keep showing our support to the greatest GSW players! Let’s wait for more surprises! #BamBamxGSW.” The announcement comes after dropping his pre-release single ‘Who…

Members of K-Pop boy group IMFACT have departed from Star Empire Entertainment. Departure The South Korean label, home to well-known boy group ZE:A, announced the news on Twitter. “The exclusive contract of IMFACT, who debuted in 2016 and has been together for the past seven years, has ended,” the statement read. “After careful discussion, IMFACT and Star Empire Entertainment agreed not to proceed with the contract renewal.” IMFACT background IMFACT formally debuted with self-produced single album ‘Lollipop’ in 2016. Members Jian, Lee Sang, Jeup, Taeho, and Ungjae didn’t get much success as they hoped until four out of five members participated in…

Stray Kids, Sunmi, Psy, (G)I-DLE, Golden Child, and Forestella are slated to take the stage at EXPO 2020 Dubai on January 16. The South Korean pavilion confirmed in an Instagram post that the K-Pop concert is in celebration of Korea National Day, which is celebrated annually in August. This is the second K-Pop concert to take place at one of the world’s biggest trade shows, following last November’s ‘KITE: K-Pop in the Emirates’ that included acts Laboum, Highlight, Luminous, and Punch. Stray Kids, the ambassadors of the Korean pavilion, has previously performed in Saudi Arabia — and will be performing…

SM Entertainment’s online concert ‘SMTOWN 2022 : SMCU EXPRESS @KWANGYA’ amassed 51 million streams from 161 different regions. The South Korean agency confirmed it set a new view record for a Korean online concert, compared to over 35 million-plus viewers from last year’s SMTOWN Live “Culture Humanity” event. The free-livestreamed annual concert on New Year’s Day saw SM artists, such as including aespa, Red Velvet, SuperM, H.O.T.’s Kangta, WayV, EXO’s Kai, Super Junior, and TVXQ. The K-Pop powerhouse’s new seven-member female unit, GOT the beat, also made their debut appearance. It consists of BoA, Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon and Taeyeon, Red…