The much-anticipated 'Squid Game' Season 2, set to premiere on Dec. 26, introduces a lineup of new faces, including the mother-son pair Geum-ja (played by Kang Ae-shim) and Yong-sik (played by Yang Dong-geun).

With the highly anticipated premiere of Squid Game season 2, director Hwang Dong Hyuk has been addressing various issues.

"Even though the first series was such a huge global success, honestly, I didn't make much," Hwang Dong-Hyuk told BBC.

Seong Gi-hun returns to the bloody games that changed his life in Squid Game Season 2, this time determined to take down those behind it

Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Hwang explained he’s well aware that Squid Game season two will be arriving not long after an election sowed even more division among some of the show’s biggest fans (Americans,

Hwang Dong Hyuk, the director of Squid Game Season 2, has addressed concerns surrounding the so-called sophomore slump that often affects popular Netflix series follow-up seasons. He’s committed to delivering a sequel that meets—and possibly exceeds—the immense expectations set by its record-breaking predecessor.

Convincingly portraying the shift in attitude and mindset of the main character, Gi-hun, was one of the biggest challenges in creating the second season of "Squid Game," director Hwang Dong-hyuk has said.