Concerning. Looking into it!
I never watched Squid Game (because I am a little contrarian) but is the show really pro-DPRK or just anti occupied Korea?
The North Korean defector character cannot answer and remains silent when asked whether it would have been better to stay in North Korea. In South Korea it’s illegal to share any opinion on TV that shows DPRK positively, so this is literally the most pro-DPRK they could be without breaking the law.
In addition, the North Korean character is shown pretty explicitly as being abused by a South Korean group focused on “helping detectors”. She is financially extorted for even more money to bring the rest of her family to South Korea, while iirc also being SA’d by the guy who’s supposedly helping
She wasn’t asked if it was better to stay in North Korea. She was asked if South Korea was any different than North Korea and she didn’t reply.
The implication is that whatever people think the north is, the south is no better or even worse because of the lies it peddles about freedom from oppression.
Of course I only watched the subs. Perhaps they libbed it up compared to the actual script, but so far I haven’t seen anyone claimed the Korean dialogue was mistranslated.
