Find Out How Much Each ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Character Owes!

Squid Game, a hit South Korean thriller on Netflix, follows contestants who are deeply in debt and must compete in life-or-death challenges to win a growing prize. Each player’s survival increases the prize pool, as they battle through deadly games where the stakes are deadly serious.

In this deadly competition, the prize fund can grow to 45.6 billion won (about $31.2 million). Each time a player dies, the amount increases by 0.1 billion won. By the end of season two, the prize reaches 36.1 billion won ($24.7 million), with 95 players remaining. If they all choose to quit together, they would each receive 380 million won, or about $260,000.

In this article, we’ll explore the debts of each player in Squid Game, detailing the amounts they owe in USD, based on information from Business Insider. Be aware that this will contain major spoilers, so proceed with caution.

Player 196, Kang Mi-na, owed 45 million won ($31,000) and was the first to die. Player 007, Park Yon-sik, had a debt of 100 million won ($68,000) and stayed in the game. Player 120, Cho Hyun-ju, needed 330 million won ($226,000) for surgery and to move abroad. Thanos, Player 230, faced 1.19 billion won ($814,000) in debt after a crypto scam and died in a brawl. Player 198, Jang Do-yeong, had a debt of 1.4 billion won ($958,000) and was eliminated in the second game.

Player 333, Lee Myung-gi, a disgraced YouTuber involved in a crypto fraud, owed 1.8 billion won ($1.2 million) but survived the season. Player 226, Kim Yeong-sam, had 1.9 billion won ($1.3 million) in debt and encouraged others to keep playing. Player 444, Kim Nam-du, owed 2.02 billion won ($1.4 million) and died in the first game. Player 343, Sim Jae-seok, owed 2.89 billion won ($2 million) and was strangled.

Player 006, Park Mi-hwa, had 3.1 billion won ($2.1 million) in debt and joined a cult. Player 283, Lee Eun-ju, owed 4.02 billion won ($2.7 million) and was shot by a sniper. Player 100, Im Jeong-dae, owed a massive 10 billion won ($6.8 million) and survived.

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