S.Korean Bakes ‘Squid Game’-Themed Halloween Dog Treats

The wheat-free dog treats come in the shapes of sugar candies popularized by the series, as well as the guards in pink jumpsuits and black masks who appear in the nine-part thriller
The wheat-free dog treats come in the shapes of sugar candies popularized by the series, as well as the guards in pink jumpsuits and black masks who appear in the nine-part thriller
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S.Korean Bakes ‘Squid Game’-Themed Halloween Dog Treats

The wheat-free dog treats come in the shapes of sugar candies popularized by the series, as well as the guards in pink jumpsuits and black masks who appear in the nine-part thriller
The wheat-free dog treats come in the shapes of sugar candies popularized by the series, as well as the guards in pink jumpsuits and black masks who appear in the nine-part thriller

A South Korean pet cooking studio owner has started a baking class through which fans of Netflix’s “Squid Game” TV show can share the Halloween fun with their dogs by making them cookies.

The wheat-free dog treats come in the shapes of sugar candies popularized by the series, as well as the guards in pink jumpsuits and black masks who appear in the nine-part thriller, said shop owner Lee Jin-sun, who has a one-year-old Maltese poodle named Geumdong.

“We can’t go to Halloween parties these days (due to COVID-19). So, after watching the Squid Game, I came up with the idea of baking these cookies my dog loves,” she said, of the treats in which she uses rice and coconut powder instead of wheat, and beetroot and carob for coloring.

Lee’s one-on-one, in-person class is already fully booked for October.

“It’s like a dog version of Squid Game. It’s so much fun and seems like the dog loves it too,” said Hwang Hye-won who joined Lee for baking class this week, offering a cookie to Geumdong dressed in a dog-sized costume, themed like the green tracksuits from the show.

“Squid Game”, which debuted on Sept. 17, became Netflix’s most-watched original series in its first month, helping the world’s largest streaming service add 4.38 million new subscribers.



Actor Theo James Urges More Support for Refugees Hit by Climate Crisis

 Actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James looks on during a visit to Aghor, while on a trip with the United Nations refugee agency, in Mauritania, October 9, 2024. (UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via Reuters)
Actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James looks on during a visit to Aghor, while on a trip with the United Nations refugee agency, in Mauritania, October 9, 2024. (UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via Reuters)
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Actor Theo James Urges More Support for Refugees Hit by Climate Crisis

 Actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James looks on during a visit to Aghor, while on a trip with the United Nations refugee agency, in Mauritania, October 9, 2024. (UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via Reuters)
Actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James looks on during a visit to Aghor, while on a trip with the United Nations refugee agency, in Mauritania, October 9, 2024. (UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via Reuters)

Refugees should be included in climate policy, actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James has said as he heads to COP29 to call for greater support for those affected by the impact of climate change.

James, whose grandfather was a refugee who fled Greece for Syria during World War Two, will join the UN refugee agency and refugee advocates at the climate summit in Baku.

"The Gentlemen" and "Divergent" actor travelled to Mauritania's southeastern Hodh Chargui region last month, meeting refugees who had fled conflict in Mali for an area already facing poverty, limited access to basic services and climate shocks.

The semi-arid Sahel has been hit by increasing weather extremes including higher temperatures and drought.

"Refugees do not contribute to the vast majority of rising global temperatures and carbon emissions but they are on the frontline of suffering," James told Reuters.

In its first climate report released on Tuesday, the UNHCR said three out of four forcibly displaced people worldwide - 90 million out of 120 million - lived in countries exposed to high to extreme climate change impacts.

“Now the UNHCR has ... specific data which links the climate crisis to forcibly displaced people and the refugee crisis, we need to amplify the message that those two things are intimately interlinked," James said. "They will forever be hand in hand and more so in the future."

The summit has been dubbed the "climate finance COP" for its central goal: to agree on how much money should go each year to helping developing countries cope with climate-related costs.