'Teach You a Lesson' tops Netflix's weekly non-English chart for 2nd week

The Korean school drama "Teach You a Lesson" retained its position at the top of Netflix's non-English show chart for the second consecutive week, the streaming platform announced Wednesday. Released June 5, the series accumulated 21.1 million views during the tracking week ending Sunday, marking a more than threefold increase from the 6.4 million views recorded during its debut. The show claimed the No. 1 spot in 46 countries and regions, including Korea, Japan, Thailand, Turkey and Brazil, and reached the top 10 in 91 others, according to Netflix. Based on the webtoon "Get Schooled," the action-packed series follows a team of inspectors at the fictional Education Rights Protection Bureau, which receives full-fledged support from Education Minister Choi Gang-seok, played by Lee Sung-min. Under Choi's leadership, who believes the bureau exists "not to fight students but to fight monsters," the inspectors — played by Kim Mu-yeol, Jin Ki-joo and Pyo Ji-hoon (also known as P.O of K-pop boy group Block B) — set out to teach the bullies a lesson. The narrative features extrajudicial punisWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times