Double Oscar winner Maggie Kang visits Lotte World with family after 'K-pop Demon Hunters' sweep

Maggie Kang, the Korean-Canadian director of Netflix's K-pop Demon Hunters, visited Lotte World Adventure in Songpa-gu, Seoul on June 22 with her family. Lotte World announced the visit on June 23.

At the entrance, Loti and Lori—the park's mascot characters—greeted her. She rode the Balloon Flight attraction with her daughter Rumi. The family then walked through the Lotte World Folk Museum to see Korean history and traditional culture.

The visit followed a landmark run for K-pop Demon Hunters, a Netflix animation that blends K-pop and fantasy. Released globally in June 2025, it won two categories at the 98th Academy Awards in March, including Best Animated Feature. As of last month, it had recorded approximately 628.2 million views worldwide—the most-watched English-language film in Netflix history. (Some outlets cite the figure as surpassing 500 million; the Statista number is from a single source.)

Kang was born in Korea and grew up in Canada.