'KPop Demon Hunters' director Maggie Kang comes full circle


This image released by Netflix shows characters Zoey, from left, Rumi and Mira in a scene from "KPop Demon Hunters." Director Maggie Kang says a six-year-old at an early screening said she understood exactly what Rumi's fears were: She hides things from friends because she's scared of being judged. - Netflix via AP

SEOUL: The numbers are already the stuff of legends. Over 210 million views worldwide. Eight songs on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Golden" currently the most-streamed track in the US. Netflix's second-biggest original film ever, and still climbing.

Maggie Kang (pic), sitting in a packed screening room in Seoul's Yongsan CGV on Friday, looked genuinely stunned by it all.

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