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The Netflix series 'Squid Game' is about a group of debt-ridden contestants competing to win a grand prize of $38.5 million. Photo: Netflix
The Netflix series 'Squid Game' is about a group of debt-ridden contestants competing to win a grand prize of $38.5 million. Photo: Netflix
What is ‘Squid Game’? How Netflix's South Korean show has reinvented survival drama
The new nine-episode horror-drama is dominating the streaming platform's charts in several countries
Chris Newbould
25 September, 2021