Mega hit 'Squid Game' premieres in Seoul after martial law

Squid Game is back. Netflix's most popular show yet, a dystopian South Korean vision of divided society, premieres its second season on Monday as Seoul battles real-life political chaos.

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The show's return comes just days after South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol triggered a national crisis by briefly declaring martial law, until he was forced into a dramatic reversal by determined lawmakers, who battled armed soldiers in parliament to vote it down.

Yoon remains in office having survived an impeachment bid, with his party accused of staging a "second coup" to cling on to power.

Squid Game, an ultra-violent tale exploring themes of division and inequality, is considered to be one of the most significant works in solidifying South Korea's status as a global cultural powerhouse, alongside the Oscar-winning film Parasite and K-pop megastars BTS.