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Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese storyNetflix’s big-budget adaptation of Three-Body Problem, a series of novels by the Chinese author Liu Cixin, has divided opinion on Chinese social media.The eight-episode series, 3 Body Problem, was released in full on Netflix on Thursday. It is based on the first book in Liu’s trilogy, an ambitious sci-fi series...

The 79-year-old actor who won a Golden Globe for his role as Oh II-nam on the hit Netflix show has been handed a suspended prison sentenceThe South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series Squid Game, was convicted on Friday on charges of sexual harassment and handed a suspended prison sentence, a court official said.The Seongnam...