A lot can be said about Netflix’s already phenomenal original series Squid Game. It seems that the series has even managed to become the most watched original series Netflix has ever released. And to North Korea, it’s also proof that capitalism doesn’t work.
An article in state media states that “Squid Game makes people realize the sad reality of South Korean society, where people are driven into extreme competition and their humanity is destroyed.” The series tells the adventure of hundreds of people who have to live a life like hell and struggle with unbearable debts in a brutal game where people kill each other just to get the prize money that goes to one winner.
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Squid Game has become an unexpected hit worldwide. It was widely watched even in China, despite Netflix being banned in the country. In South Korea, Squid Game was responsible for so much online activity that a broadband provider sued Netflix over rising network costs. South Korean politicians took advantage of the show’s popularity by using the show to criticize its opponents for corruption and incompetence.
It seems that the country’s communist neighbor could not resist the same impulse.
In the North Korean article, the sentence “The current South Korean society, where the number of losers in tough competitions such as jobs, real estate and stocks has increased dramatically,” draws attention. It is also claimed that Squid Game shows “the reality of living in a world where people are judged only by money”.
Although open military action between the two Koreas ended in 1953, there has been a state of civil war between North and South Korea since 1950. After 30 years of turmoil and military rule, South Korea became a democracy in 1986 and today has the 12th largest economy in the world. North Korea has been ruled by the Kim family for three generations. Compared to South Korea’s GDP of $1.5 trillion, North Korea’s GDP is estimated at just over $27 billion.
