How Squid Game’s cute killer doll came to life and why she’s a Netflix hit

While the second season of Squid Game has new plot twists, one element of the Netflix mega-hit series where contestants down on their luck risk their lives to play children’s games for the chance of winning cash prizes, has remained constant.

That is Young-hee, an innocent-looking robotic doll who in fact has a deadly role in the South Korean-made television series to find contestants to gun down playing the game “Red Light, Green Light” if she spots them moving.

Young-hee, who is clad in a simple orange dress and a hair clip, has become a viral meme on social media and the centrepiece of the streaming giant’s promotional campaign.

“My daughter had a bowl cut for a long time which was very cute so I decided to draw a very short [fringe],” Chae says.