Netflix Janchi Seoul: Netflix Korea 10th Anniversary Recap
"You might have thought I was dead, but Cheong-san is still alive." Yoon Chan-young said that line to a cheering crowd in Seoul this weekend, and it was the clearest answer yet on a character left uncertain since "All of Us Are Dead" Season 1.
Yoon was speaking at Netflix Janchi, a two-day fan festival held Saturday and Sunday at Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul's Mapo District. Netflix staged it to mark 10 years of service in Korea. "Janchi" is the Korean word for a feast or celebration. Fans, actors, creators and executives attended, according to The Korea Times. Admission was free with a reservation. The music program, per a JoongAng Daily preview, had Bada, Kyuhyun and Choi Baek-ho on Saturday and Kwon Jin-ah, Car, the Garden and Rain on Sunday.
A "Squid Game" panel opened the look back. Lee Jung-jae said the moment that touched him most was when fans living overseas told him, "I am so proud to be Asian, to be Korean." Lee Byung-hun said he received calls from shocked acquaintances after his character unmasked in Season 1. What surprised him most, he said, was that people across cultures "sympathized with and loved our story, told in our own language."
The centerpiece was a presentation called "What's Next?" It put four upcoming titles on stage.
"Tantara," a new series from veteran screenwriter Noh Hee-kyung, stars Song Hye-kyo, Gong Yoo and Kim Seol-hyun. It follows Min-ja (Song) and Dong-goo (Gong) through Korea's entertainment industry from the 1960s to the 1980s.
The live-action "Solo Leveling" adaptation brought lead actor Byeon Woo-seok, who plays Sung Jin-woo. The source web novel and webtoon have drawn 14.3 billion views worldwide. Byeon said the cast, director and crew are still filming.
The cast of Lee Chang-dong's film "Possible Love" appeared too: Sul Kyung-gu, Jeon Do-yeon, Zo In-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong. Sul said he agreed to join without reading the script, out of trust in the director. Zo said the film has drawn warm responses at festivals in Venice, Toronto and New York.
"All of Us Are Dead" Season 2 was represented by Park Ji-hu, Yoon, Cho Yi-hyun and Lomon.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos closed the loop on the anniversary theme. "10 years ago, we dreamed big, but none of us could have imagined that Korean stories would move hearts around the world and land right in the center of the global culture," he said. Korea, he added, is "more than a market" for Netflix. "It is where we discovered new possibilities, and where we learned how far a story can travel. And it is one of our most treasured partners for the future we are building together."
"All of Us Are Dead" is the title with the longest wait. Netflix renewed it in June 2022 after Season 1 entered the non-English top 10 in 91 countries, according to the Netflix announcement as reported by What's on Netflix. The streamer announced in July 2025 that Season 2 was in production. Park Ji-hu's character, Nam On-jo, is now a university student in Seoul in the new season's synopsis, and the story is reported to take place years after the outbreak.
The Korea Times report on the festival does not list premiere dates for any of the four titles shown.
