The World Plays Squid Games Again

With
the


third
and
final
season
out
,
fans
across
the
world
are
playing
the
Squid
Games
again.

We
catch
up
with
the
excitement.


Photograph:
Chalinee
Thirasupa/Reuters

People
join
in
a
skipping
rope
game
as
the
giant
doll
Young-hee
watches
on,
during
a
promotional
event
of

Squid
Game
3

at
the
City
Hall
Square
in
Bangkok,
Thailand.


Photograph:
Chalinee
Thirasupa/Reuters

This
game,
of
course,
looked
terrifying
in
the
hit
OTT
Korean
show,
and
didn’t
prove
lucky
for
many
of
its
players.


Photograph:
Chalinee
Thirasupa/Reuters

Little
girls
named
Peach,
Junior,
Bella
and
Minnie
dress
up
in
Young-hee
costumes
to
pose
for
a
picture
with
a
Pink
Guard
in
Bangkok.


Photograph:
Kim
Soo-hyeon/Reuters

The
killer
doll
Young-hee
stands
watch,
as
cars
pass
by
in
Seoul,
South
Korea.


Photograph:
Kim
Soo-hyeon/Reuters

Performers
dressed
as

Squid
Game

soldiers
march
in
a
parade
through
central
Seoul.


Photograph:
Kim
Soo-hyeon/Reuters

‘Players’
and
‘Soldiers’
perform
IN
Seoul.


Photograph:
Kim
Soo-hyeon/Reuters

One
of

Squid
Game
‘S
popular
characters
Thanos

who
gets
tragically
killed
in
Season
2

gets
his
own
set
of
fans.

Interestingly,
Choi
Seung-hyun
was
a
star
even
before
the
show,
as
a
rapper.


Photograph:
Kim
Soo-hyeon/Reuters

Fans
wear
Player
456
t-shirts,
as
they
rewind
back
to
the
dalgona
game
from
season
one.


Photograph:
Kim
Soo-hyeon/Reuters

Lee
Jung-jae,
who
plays
Player
456,
and
Lee
Byung-hun,
who
plays
The
Frontman,
get
together
on
stage
with
Director
Hwang
Dong-hyuk
for
a
fan
event
in
Seoul.

Did
you
know
that
Lee
Byung-hun
starred
in
Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s
2015
hit,

Terminator
Genisys
?


Photograph:
Ann
Wang/Reuters

Why
should
humans
have
all
the
fun?

A
dog
wears
Player
456’s
t-shirt
and
poses
for
a
picture
in
Taipei,
Taiwan.


Photographs
curated
by
Manisha
Kotian/Rediff