After the pandemic success of The Squid Game, Netflix bets heavily on Korea in 2023: everything to come

If the

were played this year ,

.

And the tanks of Hollywood or the delicious and/or captivating French, British or Italian stories would not be so guaranteed the podium.

.

The soccer analogy comes to mind - while the Qatari atmosphere continues to spin - from the announcement Netflix made about its plans for 2023: it

.

What at another time could have been read as a very risky adventure

, given the background.

Especially, the great goal that The Squid Game meant, the series that went up on the platform on September 17, 2021 and that

.

"The squid game", the great South Korean streaming surprise in 2021. It was an isolated pearl...

In a new attempt not to lose ground in the face of increasingly intense competition in the

world ,

.

It is not one of the companies that announces its immediate plans, but this time it shouted to the four winds that over the course of 12 months it will be adding products made in Korea to its catalogue.

About tastes there is something written

He clarified that

.

The initiative is not only driven by

, but also by the different Asian productions that gave the

very good audience results.

According to the same statement released these days,

during the past year.

And, in a change of strategy, since

, he added that "in Latin America, where the hours watched for Korean content have doubled year-over-year since 2017, the productions of this nation

".

"La gloria" arrived on December 30 and quickly became one of the most viewed.

The second season would arrive in March.

Photo: Netflix.

And last year,

in various countries.

In Argentina, the ranking of the ten most watched series or movies was able to include Korean productions for several weeks, such as

,

,

and

, among others.

What's coming, what's coming

Among the novelties, without precise dates for all about when they will be available to watch on demand, include the return of series such as

 and the successful and brand new drama

, whose second season would be available from March.

In the category of romantic plots, 

,

,

,

,

,

,

 and

, among several.

"Behind your Touch", a production in a romantic key.

Series revolving around intrigue are in the

,

and 

, while upcoming dramas include

,

and

.

The subgenre of apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic plots that became all the rage in pandemic times

.

Beyond the series, Korea has also had a strong presence with movies, documentaries, and reality shows.

Along these lines, the new catalog already has

, which premiered this Friday, January 20.

With no set date for now,

 and

, the sequel to the action film centered on a group of drug-trafficking gang members, will be uploaded.

The list of feature films that will see the light of

in 2023 includes

,

,

 and the documentaries

, about the director of Parasite (

), winner of an Oscar, and

.

As for the reality genre, which until recently was the almost absolute domain of traditional television -

, the Argentine TV tank for the 2022/2023 season -, the catalog will make room for it. to the

,

,

,

, and

challenges .

"King the Land" is another series that is waiting for a release date, but it is supposed to be in the first semester.

"We are very excited about the variety we will share with our members. There is certainly a scripted or unscripted movie or series for everyone, and we look forward to our Korean productions connecting with audiences all over the world," said

. Vice President of the Content area of ​​South Korea.

The new pretty girl

On the penultimate day of 2022, Netflix released

, a South Korean series that soon became

.

And so far in January.

Conceived by screenwriter Kim Eun-sook, the fiction is framed in suspense and tells the life and sorrows of

, a woman who -after being the victim of several bullies in her school years- 

.

The design of his strategy, meticulous and destined for perfection, seeks to destroy the lives of each of his aggressors, one by one.

.

If it weren't for the intensity of their scripts, they are one of those productions that tempt the viewer with the idea of ​​marathoning.

Before it was

, now there is talk of

and, long before,

, the foreign film that won the Oscar in the summer of 2020 and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

about

.

Given

, it is clear that

is changing owners.

And, luckily, also stories that allow you to discover other cultures, other settings, other ways of entertaining.

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