'Squid Game' is back, with a vengeance

Record-breaking South Korean TV series returning amid great expectations and political turmoil

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Lee Jung-jae returns as Seong Gi-hun, aka Player 456, in "Squid Game Season 2." (No Ju-han/Netflix © 2024)

MARCO FERRARESE, Contributing writer

SEOUL -- The record-breaking snows that blanketed South Korea's capital on Nov. 27 and the ensuing Dec. 14 impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after his short-lived declaration of martial law were both unprecedented incidents, but they could not take the shine off the country's multimillion-dollar entertainment industry's most anticipated event of the year.

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