Netflix Marks Korea Decade With ‘Squid Game’ Stars and New Previews

Netflix celebrated a decade in Korea with a star-filled fan event in Seoul on Oct. 24, bringing together performers from “Squid Game” and “KPop Demon Hunters.” Co-CEO Ted Sarandos used the occasion to preview upcoming programming, including “Tantara” and “All of Us Are Dead” Season 2, according to Variety.

Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun and Park Hae-soo represented “Squid Game,” while Ahn Hyo-seop appeared for “KPop Demon Hunters,” according to Chosun’s account of the celebration. Their appearances connected two prominent Netflix titles with an event designed to recognise the audiences behind its Korean entertainment catalogue.

The anniversary festival was organised for Oct. 24 and 25 at Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul’s Mapo District. Netflix had announced free admission by reservation, with cast conversations, audience activities and musical performances forming part of the two-day programme, Korea JoongAng Daily reported ahead of the gathering.

Netflix began operating in Korea in 2016, making the anniversary a milestone for its presence in the country. The festival paired that retrospective with a forward-looking showcase, giving upcoming productions a platform alongside titles already familiar to fans.

Sarandos thanked audiences and highlighted the ability of stories from Korea to reach viewers across national and language boundaries, according to Chosun. His appearance placed the company’s senior leadership at the centre of a celebration focused on both its creative relationships and its audience in Korea.

Among the upcoming productions was “Tantara,” whose cast includes Song Hye-kyo, Gong Yoo and Kim Seol-hyun. Netflix’s official 2026 slate describes a drama set against Korea’s entertainment industry from the 1960s through the 1980s, following people who risk everything in pursuit of success.

That project offers a different setting from “All of Us Are Dead,” whose second season was also featured at the event. Chosun reported appearances by Park Ji-hoo, Yoon Chan-young and Jo Yi-hyun, putting the returning series alongside new productions rather than treating the anniversary solely as a look back.

The broader showcase also featured “Possible Love,” “Grand Galaxy Hotel,” “Wolf, Girl” and “Solo Leveling,” according to Chosun. Taken together, the selections presented a mixture of returning programming and new adaptations and dramas, illustrating the range Netflix chose to foreground for its next phase in Korea.

The fan-festival format gave that programming presentation a public-facing setting, with performances and cast appearances extending beyond a conventional slate announcement. For viewers, the immediate attraction was access to familiar performers; for Netflix, the occasion also created an opportunity to introduce those audiences to forthcoming titles.

The next step is the rollout of the productions highlighted in Seoul. Netflix’s official slate lists “Tantara” for the fourth quarter of 2026, while the supplied Variety report identifies “All of Us Are Dead” Season 2 as an upcoming title without specifying a release date.