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🦑 Squid Game Isn’t Fiction – Here’s the Real Game Korean Kids Grew Up With Image from Pixabay 1. The Most Iconic Game in Squid Game? Definitely This One When Squid Game exploded on Netflix, it left people speechless. But among all those shocking scenes, the one game that stood out most? “Red Light, Green Light” — or as we call it, “무궁화 꽃이 피었습니다.” For Koreans, it wasn’t new. It was nostalgia. 🏃‍♂️ 2. Red Light, Green Light – But More Intense You might know the game as “Red Light, Green Light.” But in Korea, we call it “무궁화 꽃이 피었습니다” — which literally means “The rose of Sharon has bloomed.” Sounds pretty, right? But in real life, it was all tension and panic. 😨 3. How the Game Actually Worked (No Guns, Still Scary) Here’s how we played it as kids: The tagger (술래) turns toward a wall or tree and shouts: “무궁화~ 꽃이 피었습니다!” At “다!”, they spin around to catch anyone moving. If you’re caught moving? You’re out — and must stand behind the tagger holding hands. ...