Netflix Korea in 2025: Squid Game 3, Manny Pacquiao, Culinary Class Wars 2
By Baek Byung-yeul
Netflix aims to solidify its streaming service leadership with various Korean series, shows and movies this year, including the highly anticipated Squid Game season 3, Culinary Class Wars season 2 and Physical: Asia featuring Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao.
'Our goal this year is to be there in those special moments when people find their favourite content in their busy lives,' Kang Dong-han, vice-president of Netflix Korea, said, unveiling a release line-up including seven movies, 11 series and seven entertainment shows produced in Korea.
'We aim to be the first service that comes to mind when viewers want to find content they like.' Yim Si-wan as Lee Myung-gi in a still from Squid Game season 2. Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix
Netflix has particularly focused on entertainment shows this year: the Korean athletic competition show Physical: 100 , which selects the contestant with the best physique, will return this year for its third run under a new title, Physical: Asia , according to Yoo Ki-hwan, Netflix Korea's director of content.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
South China Morning Post
5 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Meet Brianne Howey, Ginny & Georgia star: from flight attendant ambitions to improv, landing roles in 90210, Revenge, Criminal Minds and the Netflix comedy series, and stunning fans as a fashionista
Actress Brianne Howey has had her fair share of viral moments on TikTok and Instagram for her role in Netflix's Ginny & Georgia . Howey's portrayal of Georgia, a young, sometimes morally ambiguous mum of two with a charming southern accent and fierce drive to protect her kids has been lauded by many as 'iconic' while others, like Howey, found the character overbearing and 'unhinged' – until she became a mother herself. Brianne Howey is from California. Photo: @briannehowey/Instagram 'Prior to having a child, of course, I thought many of the Georgia-isms were absolutely insane and unhinged and over the top, and why is she taking up so much space?' she told People in a recent interview. 'Now that I have a child, I am so obsessed with her that I understand why Georgia is so obsessed with Ginny, and my heart only got bigger and I just have even more respect for all the mums out there.' Howey welcomed her daughter with her husband Matt Ziering in 2023. Advertisement Becoming a mum made Brianne Howey appreciate her character in Ginny & Georgia. Photo: @briannehowey/Instagram Here's everything you need to know about Brianne Howey. She's from California Brianne Howey was raised by a single mum. Photo: @ellecanada/Instagram In spite of her very convincing southern accent on Ginny & Georgia, Howey was actually born and raised in La Cañada Flintridge, California, by a single mother. The 36-year-old's childhood helped shape her role in the Netflix show. In an interview with Byrdie in 2021, Howey said, 'There's a lot of my mum in Georgia. I grew up with a super young single mum. She had me at 21, so we had a similar relationship. She wasn't stealing money from my school or anything like that [laughs]. But Georgia is a survivalist. And that's something I relate to and something my mum related to. It's not something I see on paper a ton, especially for such a young woman who already has kids and lived such a life at 30.' Her acting career Brianne Howey gave up her dream of becoming a flight attendant when she joined her school's improv team. Photo: @briannehowey/Instagram Growing up, Howey had wanted to become a flight attendant, but things changed when she joined her high school's improv team and fell in love with acting. 'I did it after school, and it started consuming all of my time,' Howey said in an interview with ClicheMag in 2015. 'In college, I started looking at it in a different lens.'
South China Morning Post
a day ago
- South China Morning Post
Pacquiao honoured for hall of fame career, Philippine fighter says ‘best is yet to come'
Manny Pacquiao's fighting days aren't finished yet, as he's coming out of retirement at 46 for a shot at another title next month. No matter what happens in the remaining stage, it's hard to find many better résumés than the one he has already assembled in a career that landed him in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in New York on Sunday. 'And now, when I look back, eight-division world champion, world titles in four different decades, oldest welterweight world champion in history, those are not just opinions. They are facts,' Pacquiao said. The Philippine fighter was the headline name in the class of 2025 that was enshrined during a ceremony at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona. He won't be able to celebrate too long, as then it's back to training for his July 19 bout in Las Vegas against WBC champion Mario Barrios. Pacquiao didn't mention that during his speech at the end of a lengthy induction ceremony. Instead he focused on the record-setting accomplishment of winning titles in eight weight classes, a fighter who made his pro debut in the 106-pound class and rose all the way to win a title at the 154lbs limit. 'From flyweight to junior middleweight, eight divisions,' Pacquiao said. 'Every fight, every victory was a step further from poverty. It was not just for me but for my family, for the Filipino people.'
South China Morning Post
a day ago
- South China Morning Post
‘Sesame Street' coming soon to Netflix
Sesame Street will soon be available on the online video service Netflix. In the US, it will still be available on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), a public television channel. Sesame Workshop, the non-profit group that makes Sesame Street, said last month that famous characters including Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby would come to Netflix. New episodes of the show will be available on PBS platforms in the US on the same day they appear on Netflix. Netflix will show the new 56th season of Sesame Street, as well as 90 hours of old episodes. The streaming platform will show the old episodes all over the world. Sesame Street started in 1969. It is a popular educational show for children. In recent years, Sesame Workshop has been facing financial struggles. In March, the non-profit organisation announced that it would lay off about 20 per cent of its staff.
