Adapted from a popular Korean comic and about the bullying problem in Korean military camps, the TV series "d.p." was launched on Netflix on the 27th of Last Month, and then quickly topped the Korean ratings list, and also achieved good results in Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Japan and other places.
South Korean media commented: "The drama nakedly exposes the structural violence problems in the Korean military camp", and those Korean male audiences who have served in the military exclaimed, "This is simply a military camp documentary, too real!" ”
D.P.: Deserter Wanted poster
According to South Korea's Seoul News, "d.p." has a total of 6 episodes, each of which is 30 minutes long.
“d.p.” It is the English abbreviation of the deserterpursuit group in the South Korean army that specializes in hunting down deserters. "D.P." shows and exposes various bullying and violence problems that occur in The Korean military camp by telling the story of the D.P. hunting down deserters.
After the launch of Netflix on August 27, "d.p." quickly topped Netflix's Korean ratings list and became a hot topic on Korean social media. Not only that, the drama has also entered the top five of the ratings list in Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and other regions, causing a viewing boom.
South Korea's SBS TV said that "D.P. " nakedly showed and exposed the structural bullying and violence problems in The South Korean military camp. Some plots are too much to refresh the lower limit and inevitably make people wonder "it won't be true"——
For example, superior soldiers order subordinates to masturbate in front of everyone, throw water on recruits and then torture them with electric shocks, snatch the recruits' family letters and taunt each other, "Your family is a beggar", and so on. It is worth mentioning that these bizarre plots are not fabricated, and many similar cases can be found in the judgment documents of the South Korean military tribunal from 2020 to 2021.
Stills from D.P.: Deserter Wanted
South Korea's deputy spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense Moon Hong-sik first expressed his position on the bullying behavior of the army described in "D.P." on the 6th, saying that the culture of the barracks has been continuously improved.
During this period, Mr. Moon said, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense and the military worked to improve the culture in the camp and strive to prevent the occurrence of abnormal incidents such as violence. The current Korean camp culture is very different from the background of "d.p.", and soldiers can report unreasonable behavior in the camp through various channels such as personal mobile phones.
In addition, South Korea's Ministry of National Defense also said that the actors who starred in the drama wore military uniforms that did not violate the current legal regulations. The Law on the Administration of Military Uniforms and Military Equipment stipulates that non-military personnel may not wear military uniforms or use or carry military equipment, except for cultural and artistic activities.
In fact, the "2019 Report on the Investigation of the Human Rights Situation in Military Barracks" published by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea pointed out that many South Korean soldiers, even if they have suffered human rights violations, have failed to realize this and simply believe that they have been treated unfairly.
Few in the South Korean military, where violence is so serious, can dare to mention the word human rights, and even exercising legitimate defense rights requires a great deal of courage. In this cycle, violence is indulged and spread indefinitely, while human rights violations are treated as "trivial matters". From this point of view, the long-standing bullying problem in the South Korean military camp is not a simple personal crime, but almost an organized crime, which urgently needs to be responded to by the South Korean Ministry of National Defense.
"Too real". This is the idea of many male audiences in South Korea who have served in the military after watching "d.p.". According to South Korea's "Financial Stock News" reported on the 3rd, after the drama was launched, it immediately became a hot topic on Korean social media.
Many South Korean viewers left messages on youtube, Twitter and other social media: "Seeing the last crying, I believe that men who have served in the military will definitely cry after watching the play, because it is too real" "The drama has once again aroused my psychological trauma, and I hope that more people will pay attention to the violence that occurred in the Korean military camp and avoid letting more people suffer this misfortune."
Some viewers called on the producers to "be sure to make a second season, so as to promote the distorted bullying culture in the Korean military camp to be stopped and changed in time, so that future generations of officers and soldiers can complete their service life in a healthy and mature military camp environment." ”
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Source: Global Times