Creator of Netflix series Squid Game is The Straits Times Asian of the Year


Writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk (left) and actor Lee Jung-jae on the set of Squid Game. - NETFLIX

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A 50-year-old South Korean film-maker, who captured the world's imagination with a dystopian survival drama that throws up uncomfortable questions about contemporary society, has been named The Straits Times Asian of the Year.

Every year, the editors of The Straits Times pick a person, a group or an institution that in their judgment has significantly impacted Asia in the year past.

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