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Earlier, I was informed that major presidential candidates attended the SBS D Forum and announced their policy initiatives, but today (18th) the forum was also attended by director Hwang Dong-hyuk of 'Squid Game' and Neil Stevenson, the creator of the metaverse concept. Hear thoughts and solutions to common human problems.



Correspondent Han Ji-yeon.



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issue of social conflict was a topic that ran through this SDF.



Director Hwang Dong-hyeok of 'Squid Game', a global hot topic, diagnosed that the success of the drama was due to the fact that the underprivileged were the main characters.



It is said that issues such as migrant workers and North Korean defectors have attracted worldwide sympathy.



[Hwang Dong-hyeok/Director of 'Squid Game': 'Dawn' is described here as a defector, but it is true that the whole world is facing the same problem of many refugees, so the whole world can sympathize… ]



He says he wanted to pinch the limits of capitalism in the 21st century through the extreme competition for 45.6 billion won in the drama.



[Hwang Dong-hyuk / 'Squid Game' Director: If you fall behind, you will be pushed to the bottom of society... Who created this, this competitive system? Who makes us stand on the edge of a cliff like this, day by day... .]



In addition, we promised that our society should discuss aging and generational conflicts in the next film.



Nowadays, the boundaries between virtual and reality are blurred.Writer Neil Stevenson, creator of Metaverse, advises to solve the problem of disconnected life and conflict in this way.



[Neil Stevenson/Sci-Fi writer: I think you need to find a balance between using social media and your personal life with conservative etiquette.] The



government also agreed to actively intervene in the climate crisis.



[Peter Singer, Princeton University Professor/Philosopher: All political leaders.

In particular, industrialized country leaders must take strong measures to reduce the damage (climate change).]



The main contents from the opening ceremony of SDF2021 to the announcement of the presidential candidates will be broadcast on SBS for 90 minutes from 9 pm on the 18th, shortly after. From the end of November to the beginning of December, it will be broadcast five times as a SDF2021 special.



(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun, Kim Se-kyung, Video editing: Hwang Ji-young)