Netflix’s head of Korean content explains the strategy that’s led to 60% of Netflix’s 280 million users watching projects ...

Netflix has a vast presence in South Korea. Yet at times it felt to him as though the company, which outsources all of its production to local studios, wielded its influence from behind a curtain.

Netflix is doubling down on South Korea with plans to invest $2.5 billion over the next four years to produce more K-dramas, movies and reality shows.

South Korea first broke through on the international entertainment scene when the Netflix original series “Sweet Home” charted globally in 2020. The country has been on a roll ever since.

Soo is also a South Korea expert, covering the latest K-dramas—including the breakout hit Squid Game, which she has covered extensively, including from Seoul, the South Korean capital—as well ...

The Netflix hit has left a lasting legacy as a major cultural export, but also one that exposed some unsettling aspects of ...

As the series, which focuses on bullying and revenge, became the latest global sensation to emerge from South Korea, Netflix announced it would spend $2.5 billion more on Korean content.

Netflix has operated its service in South Korea since 2016, but this is the first time it has disclosed a profit and loss statement in the country.

Netflix and SK Broadband, one of South Korea’s largest internet service providers, said that they were ending all their lawsuits and would instead create a strategic partnership to provide ...