Netflix Turns 10 in Korea With a Seoul Fan Festival and a Slate of New Shows
Netflix has marked ten years in South Korea with a fan festival in Seoul, and used the stage to preview its next wave of Korean titles.
The event, called "Netflix Janchi" (janchi is a Korean word for a party or feast), ran on Oct. 24 and 25 at Sangam Oil Tank Culture Park. Variety reported that Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos previewed upcoming titles there, including "Tantara" and Season 2 of "All of Us Are Dead."
Here is what is coming. "Tantara" stars Song Hye-kyo, Gong Yoo and Kim Seol-hyun and releases on Dec. 11. "Possible Love," headlined by Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong and Jo In-sung, arrives on Nov. 6. "All of Us Are Dead" Season 2 will star Park Ji-hu, Yoon Chan-young, Cho Yi-hyun and Lomon.
Other projects were announced without release dates. "Grand Galaxy Hotel" will star Lee Do-hyun and Shin Si-a. "She, Wolf," which was previously known by the working title "Beauty in the Beast," will star Kim Min-ju, Lomon and Moon Sang-min. "Solo Leveling" will star Byeon Woo-seok.
The festival also brought actors from earlier hits onto the stage. Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun and Park Hae-soo represented "Squid Game." Ahn Hyo-seop appeared for "KPop Demon Hunters," and Koo Kyo-hwan and Jung Hae-in took the stage for "D.P."
Netflix launched in Korea on Jan. 6, 2016. Its first Korean series was "Kingdom," which arrived in January 2019. Netflix's own newsroom said that K-content drew more than 12 billion viewing hours between April 2025 and March 2026, second only to the United States. Netflix's Korea anniversary announcement also said Netflix worked with more than 80 Korean production companies from 2016 to 2025, on shows that employed more than 20,000 actors and crew members.
The show that broke through the global chart first was "Kingdom: Ashin of the North," which entered Netflix's Global Top 10 in July 2021 and charted in 58 countries. The Top 10 is Netflix's weekly list of its most-watched titles around the world. "Squid Game" Season 1 holds the record for the longest run on that list, at 32 straight weeks, nine of them at No. 1. All three seasons of "Squid Game" are Netflix's three most-watched non-English series, according to Variety.
For viewers, the news is a list of titles with dates and names, plus a reminder of how many people work behind each one. Those 20,000 actors and crew are the people who make the next season happen, and the schedule gives them something to plan around. Fans in Korea and elsewhere now have a set of dates to watch for, with "Possible Love" due first in November and "Tantara" closing out the year in December.
