The controversy over plagiarism of 'squid Game' .. BBC "Kimchi and Hanbok also stole the culture" criticism.
The BBC also pointed to China's plagiarism issue over claims that China's new entertainment program, Youku's OTT (online video streaming service), plagiarized the Netflix drama 'squid Game'.
The BBC reported Monday that "China's streaming site Youku is being accused of plagiarizing Netflix's hit "squid Game." "Youku's new entertainment, 'Victory of the Squid', is a program that shows participants competing in large-scale children's Game, as is the 'squid Game', and even posters are similar to 'squid Game'," the BBC said.
The 'squid victory' created by China reminded the form and poster of 'squid Game', and criticism continued in China. Youku explained that "the draft of the poster that was discarded due to work errors was used for publicity," but the criticism of the netizens in China did not go away.
A netizen in China criticized it as "a cover-up without a reason." Some of them said that it is unreasonable for Chinese producers to plagiarize Korean content, and netizens are responding that they are "odd". In particular, China's rap contest program, 'Lab of China', was criticized for plagiarizing Korea's 'Show Me Money'.
The BBC also said, "'squid Game' has not been released officially in China, but it is very popular." Many Chinese people download 'squid Game' through illegal streaming sites. "
"Korea and China have had a lot of cultural disputes in recent years," the BBC said. "Last year, China claimed that China led the kimchi industry and was accused of stealing Korean culture." "The controversy stemmed from language problems. In China, both pickles and kimchi are called 'paochai'. "In addition, last year, the Chinese people were criticized for saying that Korean hanbok originated from China."
Youku is one of China's most popular streaming platforms with 100 million subscribers.