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THE RUNDOWN

• KPop Demon Hunters, which premiered on June 20, 2025, is one of Netflix's most-watched animated movies.

• The story follows a K-pop girl group, HUNTR/X, who are also demon hunters.

• A sequel has been confirmed and is slated to arrive in 2029.

KPop Demon Huntershas quickly become one of Netflix's biggest hits. Released on June 20, 2025, the musical is the streamer'smost-watched original animated moviein the streamer's history. And not only is the film itself a sensation, but the accompanying soundtrack is also breaking records: The HUNTR/X song "Golden"previouslytopped the Billboard Hot 100. With all the buzz, fans are wondering if and when Rumi, Mira, and Zoey's story will continue. Here's everything we know about a potential sequel.

What isKPop Demon Huntersabout?

Co-directed by Chris Appelhans andMaggie Kang, the musical follows a Korean pop girl group named HUNTR/X, made up of Rumi (voice-acted by Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zooey (Ji-young Yoo). In addition to being superstars, they serve as demon hunters tasked with defending the world from evil spirits—and from their rival boy band, the Saja Boys.

Is aKPop Demon Hunterssequel in the works?

Yes!Deadlineconfirmed on March 12, 2026, thatKPop Demon Huntersis coming back to Netflix for a sequel with its original directors, Kang and Appelhans. The streamer also announced the news.

"I feel immense pride as a Korean filmmaker that the audience wants more from this Korean story and our Korean characters," said Kang in an official statement. "There's so much more to this world we have built and I'm excited to show you. This is only the beginning."

Appelhans added, "These characters are like family to us, their world has become our second home. We're excited to write their next chapter, challenge them and watch them evolve—and continue pushing the boundaries of how music, animation and story can come together."

The outlet also confirmed that "the sequel marks the first project out of the exclusive multi-year writing and directing deal across animation."

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What has been said about the sequel so far?

The cast and crew are eager to return. When asked what she'd like to explore in a follow-up, co-director Kang shared that she would like to dive deeper into Zoey and Mira's early lives. "We've set up so much for potential backstory," she toldVarietyin July 2025. "Obviously, there's a lot of questions that are left unanswered and areas that are not explored, and we had to do that because there's only so much movie you could tell in 85 minutes. This was Rumi's story, and we have backstories for Zoey and Mira—ones that we actually put in the movie, but it just kind of rejected it. It just wasn't the movie for those stories."

Cho, who plays Rumi, also has ideas for a sequel. "I would love to see if we can rescue Jinu," she toldVarietyin August 2025. "It is a magical world, right? I feel like the options are endless, and our incredible writers and directors left it a bit open. Anything is possible."

When will theKPop Demon Hunterssequel be released?

According to a November 2025 report fromVariety, the sequel toKPop Demon Huntersis slated to release in 2029. Netflix, however, has not yet confirmed the release timeline.

WillKPop Demon Huntersget more than one sequel?

According toThe Wrap, Netflix is treatingKPop Demon HunterslikeFrozenor the Disney Princesses franchise, and plans to expand it "across various channels and mediums," two sources told the outlet. Another source shared that the streamer is reportedly planning a stage musical, a live-action remake, a series, and two sequel films to turnKPop Demon Huntersinto a trilogy. They are also discussing a short film to be released between the feature films, according to a fourth inside source. Suffice to say, Netflix is invested in ensuringKPop Demon Huntersis no one-hit wonder.

This story will be updated.

Additional reporting by Starr Bowenbank.

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China's Embassy in the US briefly shared an AI-generated video poking fun at US President Donald Trump's Shield of the Americas Summit on Wednesday, days after Trump took the stage at the Florida event to warn about "hostile foreign influence" in Latin America.

The video, published by the Chinese embassy on its X account and produced by the state news agency Xinhua News Agency, is titled "Shield of the Americas, or shackles of the Americas?"

The 18-second animation shows a bald eagle dressed in a suit presiding over a meeting of white doves that appear to represent Latin American countries.

The eagle presses a red button that initially deploys an atomic bomb blast before promising to "keep everyone safe" with a large red, white and blue shield. However, the shield soon turns into a cage that traps the frightened doves, while the Eagle says: "Relax, sometimes security comes with a little control."

By early Friday morning, the video was no longer on the embassy's X account.

CNN contacted the US State Department for comment on the video and is awaiting a response.

The video, released days after a meeting that brought together right-wing and center-right leaders from 12 Latin American countries, seems to question the proposal presented by Trump during the summit: the creation of a "regional military coalition."

Although the summit was mainly presented as a security initiative, Trump also took the opportunity to warn about China's growing presence in the region, as part of a broader plan by his administration to reaffirm the United States' "preeminence" over the Western Hemisphere.

"We will deny non-Hemispheric competitors the ability to position forces or other threatening capabilities, or to own or control strategically vital assets, in our Hemisphere," the administration declared in November 2025 while unveiling the "Trump Corollary" to the centuries-old Monroe Doctrine.

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But while James Monroe ordered Europe to stay away from the Americas, Trump is keen on shooing China away. In his inaugural address in 2025, Trump claimed falsely that China is "operating" the Panama Canal.

In fact, a Hong Kong-based company owned two key terminals on either end of the canal at the time. Last month, Panama's high court ruled the arrangement illegal, a decision Beijing decried as "truly shameful and pathetic."

The ruling notwithstanding, Trump continues to raise the issue in public. At the summit, the president said that the US "will not allow hostile foreign influence to gain a foothold in this hemisphere – that includes the Panama canal."

For decades, Beijing has expanded its commercial, financial, and infrastructure ties in the region.

In recent years, China has become one of the main trading partners for several Latin American economies and has financed large strategic projects.

One of the most recent examples is the "mega-port of Chancay in Peru," inaugurated in 2024 with support from the Chinese shipping giant COSCO Shipping, which significantly reduces maritime transport times between South America and Asia.

Trade growth also reflects this closer relationship. Between January and November 2025, Chinese exports to Latin America increased by 9.3% compared to the same period in 2024, according to China's General Administration of Customs.

Even countries politically close to Washington maintain strong economic ties with China. In Argentina, for example, imports from China exceeded US$16 billion in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 57.1%, despite President Javier Milei being considered one of Trump's staunchest allies in the region.

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COPENHAGEN, March 13 (Reuters) - Greenland's Siumut party has withdrawn from the coalition government, the prime minister said on ‌Friday, weakening efforts to present a united front against ‌U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign to take control of the Arctic island.

The ​departure follows Siumut chair Aleqa Hammond's warning that the party would leave after two Greenlandic ministers announced candidacies for Denmark's March 24 parliamentary election without prior leave.

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen expressed ‌disappointment but said ⁠his government would carry on, emphasising the importance of governance during heightened global scrutiny.

"I think it's ⁠terribly bad timing and I'm very frustrated and disappointed that it's happening at a time when we should be standing together," ​he told ​reporters.

"Anything that might look like ​division in our country is ‌grist to the mill for foreigners and we should avoid that at all cost," he said.

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The broad coalition had been a cornerstone of Nielsen's strategy to respond to what he has termed Greenland's most serious time in recent history.

Siumut's departure ‌means that Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian ​Motzfeldt, who has played a key ​role in diplomatic talks ​with the United States, is leaving her post, ‌according to broadcaster KNR.

The loss of ​Siumut's support, ​which holds four seats in Greenland's 31-seat Inatsisartut assembly, does not threaten the government's majority, as Nielsen's coalition retains ​control with its ‌remaining 19 seats.

Greenland will elect two members to Denmark's ​parliament later this month.

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen and Louise ​Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)