![]() ![]() On the show, the downtrodden contestants vie for a prize of 45.6 billion won ($38.40 million) by competing in games that recall a more idyllic pre-digital time. "We are thinking we should place a rifle here as well," An said, chuckling at his reference to the show's outsized repercussions for failure. He now sells more than 500 dalgonas a day, from less than 200 before the show's premiere. He and his co-workers used 15 kg (33 lb) of sugar to make 700 candies for the filming in June 2020 of the show's third episode, which is described by Netflix as equal parts "sweet and deadly".Īs the show's popularity has surged since its premiere last month, An hasn't been able to go home for a week in order to meet the demand from eager "Squid Game" fans that start queuing up outside his 2-square-metre (2.4 square yards) street kitchen at 11 a.m. One piece is about 2,000 won ($1.68) but you can get a buy-one, get-one-free deal if you don't crack the first one.Īn Yong-hui, 37, has been making dalgona for the past eight years in a university district in the capital Seoul. One of the challenges has the cash-strapped contestants on the show carving out the symbol etched into a brittle sugar candy called dalgona without cracking the whole piece or risk being shot by masked enforcers.ĭalgona is typically sold with a variety of shapes but "Squid Game" featured four, a triangle, circle, star, and an umbrella. The series has become a viral hit by depicting childhood games with deadly consequences. SEOUL, Oct 1 (Reuters) - A South Korean sweet featured as one of the lethal challenges in the Netflix (NFLX.O) hit TV drama "Squid Game" has become a global craze, boosting business for the candy seller who provided the confection for the show.
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