North Korea evaluated that Netflix's original Korean drama 'Squid Game', which was recently popular worldwide, revealed the reality of South Korea and capitalist society.
The North Korean propaganda media 'Echo' reported today (12th), "Recently, the TV drama 'Squid Game', which exposes the reality of South Korean society, where weak food and corruption have been on the rise and scoundrels have become commonplace, was aired and became popular with viewers. There is," he said.
“The reason why the squid game became so popular is because it dug into the reality of capitalist society and South Korea, where extreme competition for survival and greed for the weak are rampant.”
Squid Game is enjoying a sensational popularity, taking first place in 83 countries where Netflix is serving, but the media focused on criticizing the South Korean society without mentioning this part at all.
The media explains the content of the drama, which is about a game in which participants in difficult economic conditions play to win the prize money given to one winner, saying, “The beastly South Korean society that drives humans to extreme competition and destroys humanity in the midst of it.” pinched.
He added, "In particular, he made a game rule of the weak and strong, saying that he must die if he is not the first, and it creates outrage against an unequal society through the image of a rich man who takes pleasure in a game of horrific slaughter as entertainment."
(Photo = provided by Netflix, Yonhap News)