<p><em>Squid Game</em> actor O Yeong-su has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct, South Korea's prosecutor told <em>AFP </em>Friday.</p>.<p>The 78-year-old in January became the first South Korean to win a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor in a series for his performance as a seemingly vulnerable old man in the mega-hit Netflix dystopian thriller.</p>.<p>According to local reports, the South Korean prosecution indicted him without detention on Thursday for allegedly improperly touching a woman's body in 2017.</p>.<p>Everything reported by local media on O "is not factually incorrect," an official from the Suwon District Prosecutor's Office told <em>AFP</em>, without giving further details.</p>.<p>Following the news, local reports said Seoul's culture ministry decided to stop airing a government commercial -- about its regulatory innovation -- featuring O.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/order-quashing-fir-against-siva-shankar-baba-recalled-1164419.html" target="_blank">Order quashing FIR against Siva Shankar Baba recalled</a></strong></p>.<p><em>Squid Game</em> -- which imagines a macabre world in which marginalised people are pitted against one another in traditional children's games that turn deadly -- became Netflix's most popular series launch ever, drawing 111 million fans in less than four weeks after debuting in 2021.</p>.<p>It is still one of the most popular shows on the platform.</p>.<p>The show's success has amplified South Korea's increasingly outsized influence on global popular culture, following global fame won by the likes of K-pop band BTS and the Oscar-winning film "Parasite".</p>.<p>Multiple figures in South Korea's film industry -- including late filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and actors Cho Jae-hyun and Oh Dal-su -- have faced sexual assault allegations.</p>
<p><em>Squid Game</em> actor O Yeong-su has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct, South Korea's prosecutor told <em>AFP </em>Friday.</p>.<p>The 78-year-old in January became the first South Korean to win a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor in a series for his performance as a seemingly vulnerable old man in the mega-hit Netflix dystopian thriller.</p>.<p>According to local reports, the South Korean prosecution indicted him without detention on Thursday for allegedly improperly touching a woman's body in 2017.</p>.<p>Everything reported by local media on O "is not factually incorrect," an official from the Suwon District Prosecutor's Office told <em>AFP</em>, without giving further details.</p>.<p>Following the news, local reports said Seoul's culture ministry decided to stop airing a government commercial -- about its regulatory innovation -- featuring O.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/order-quashing-fir-against-siva-shankar-baba-recalled-1164419.html" target="_blank">Order quashing FIR against Siva Shankar Baba recalled</a></strong></p>.<p><em>Squid Game</em> -- which imagines a macabre world in which marginalised people are pitted against one another in traditional children's games that turn deadly -- became Netflix's most popular series launch ever, drawing 111 million fans in less than four weeks after debuting in 2021.</p>.<p>It is still one of the most popular shows on the platform.</p>.<p>The show's success has amplified South Korea's increasingly outsized influence on global popular culture, following global fame won by the likes of K-pop band BTS and the Oscar-winning film "Parasite".</p>.<p>Multiple figures in South Korea's film industry -- including late filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and actors Cho Jae-hyun and Oh Dal-su -- have faced sexual assault allegations.</p>