‘Teach You a Lesson’ Director Hong Jong-chan and Star Kim Moo-yul on the Netflix Global Hit That Turned a Korean Classroom Into a World Stage: ‘Authenticity Is What Travels Borders’

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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When Netflix first greenlit a Korean series about a special-forces officer dispatched to intervene in school bullying cases, nobody expected it to end up in the living rooms of 91 countries. But “Teach You a Lesson” — now in its fourth consecutive week atop the platform’s Global Top 10 Non-English Series chart, with 7.3 million views in the week of June 22–28 alone — has done exactly that, racking up appearances in the Top 10 across markets as varied as Argentina, Germany, Japan, Malaysia and Australia.

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