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The popularity of "Squid Game" is inseparable from South Korea's very real crisis of mounting household debt, gaping inequality and a weak social safety net.
The popularity of Squid Game is inseparable from South Korea's very real crisis of mounting household debt, gaping inequality and a weak social safety net.

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Hwang says he originally developed the script in 2008 when he was in a bad financial situation and living in a Manhwabang. He once had to stop writing the script + sell