According to her talent agency, 1230Culture, Joo-Sil went into cardiac arrest at her family home on the morning of Feb. 2 and was pronounced dead after being transferred to St. Mary’s Hospital in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, per South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo.

Squid Game and Train to Busan actress Lee Joo-sil has died, aged 81. South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reports that Lee passed away in her family home in Uijeongbu of stomach cancer, a diagnosis that she had received in November.

Lee Joo-Sil passed away after battling cancer. The veteran actor has done dozens of popular Korean movies and K-dramas. Her role in the recent Netflix hit Squid Game Season 2 is still remembered by the audience.

Lee had been battling stomach cancer since being diagnosed with the condition in November 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lee Joo-Sil, who played Park Mal Soon, the mother of undercover detective Hwang Joon-Ho (Wi Ha Joon) and stepmother of Hwang In Ho (Lee Byang Hun) in the second season of Netflix’s dystopian drama Squid Games, died at her family home in Uijeongbu, South Korea on February 2. She was 81 and was diagnosed with stomach cancer in November 2024.

Her funeral will be held on February 5 at Severance Hospital in Seoul, where fans can pay their respects starting February 4.

Lee Joo Shil, beloved South Korean actor, has died at 80 after a brief battle with stomach cancer. She was most recently seen in Squid Game 2.

Squid Game actor Lee Joo-sil has died three months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Lee played Hwang Joon-ho’s (Wi Ha-joon) mother in the second season of the dystopian Netflix drama.

Squid Game actress Lee Joo-sil died at age 81 after a battle with stomach cancer. According to Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo, the actress died in her home in Uijeongbu on Sunday morning. Lee starred as Hwang Jun-Ho’s mother in two episodes Squid Game Season 2.