Seoul - (AFP) - The South Korean judiciary has charged actor Oh Young-soo, one of the stars of the "Squid Game" series, with sexual assault in 2017, the Public Prosecutor's Office told AFP on Friday.

And the 78-year-old actor, last January, became the first South Korean to win a "Golden Globe" award for his role as an apparently weak man in the dark suspense series on "Netflix".

Local reports indicated that the South Korean Public Prosecutor's Office formally charged the actor with touching a woman's body inappropriately in 2017. The actor was released.

An official at the Suwon District Prosecutor's Office in the southern suburbs of Seoul confirmed to AFP that the information was correct.
And South Korean media reported that the Ministry of Culture decided to stop an ad campaign in which Oh Young-soo appeared.

It was considered a harsh criticism of the excesses of the capitalist system, as it depicts characters from marginalized groups in South Korea who participate in traditional games for children with the aim of winning a huge amount of money, and the poor kill each other out of the desire for profit. It has been watched by tens of millions of “Squid Game” since its launch in 2021 and it remains one of the most popular “Netflix” series.