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Netflix’s ‘Physical: Asia’ to return with spinoff

A scene from Netflix's ″Physical: Asia″ [NETFLIX]
A scene from Netflix’s ″Physical: Asia″ [NETFLIX]

The popular Netflix fitness competition series “Physical: Asia” will return with a new Mongolian spinoff later this month, the streaming platform confirmed on December 3.

The spin-off’s working title is “Physical: Welcome to Mongolia.” It will be formatted as a reality show and follow the Mongolian and Korean team players who competed in the final quest of “Physical: Asia” on a trip to Mongolia.

The cast will include retired mixed martial artist Kim Dong-hyun, CrossFit athlete Amotti, champion wrestler Orkhonbayar Bayarsaikhan and Cirque du Soleil acrobat Erdene-Ochiriin Lkhagva-Ochir.

Netflix teased a scene during which Lkhagva-Ochir cooks for the others at his home in Mongolia.

The four-episode series will premiere the first two episodes on Netflix on Dec. 24 and the other two on Dec. 31.

BY SHIN MIN-HEE [shin.minhee@joongang.co.kr]

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