Vietnam has asked Netflix to stop showing the South Korean drama series “Little Women” in the Southeast Asian country, state media said Wednesday, accusing the series of distorting the events of the Vietnam War. has gone
In the eighth episode of the 12-part drama, based on Louisa May Alcott’s novel of the same name, a South Korean war veteran brags about the “kill-to-death ratio” among his country’s soldiers. It has been seen. and the Viet Cong.
Between 1964 and 1973, more than 320,000 South Koreans were sent to Vietnam to fight alongside American troops.
He has long been accused of mass killing Vietnamese civilians.
In the series, a war veteran, a Korean, tells one of the show’s main characters that “In our best battles, the kill-to-death ratio for Korean soldiers was 20:1. That’s 20 Viet for one Korean soldier killed.” Kong was killed.
He then goes on to say that the ratio was even higher in South Korea’s favor among the country’s elite soldiers.
It is not known how many North Vietnamese soldiers were killed by South Korean troops during the war.
In a letter to Netflix, Vietnam’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information said the series violated the country’s law against “distorting history, denying revolutionary achievements, offending the nation and the nation’s heroes.” Is.
The letter added: “The series featured dialogue between characters praising the crimes of Korean mercenaries during the war.”
The streaming service was asked to remove the show by Wednesday, state media said, although the series was available for viewing until noon.
Since 2020, Netflix has removed three series from its site in Vietnam after receiving complaints from local authorities over alleged “violation of the country’s sovereignty”.
Australian spy show “Pine Gap” and Chinese romcom “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” were shot in Vietnam last year and in 2020, respectively, with scenes featuring a map of the South China Sea and Beijing’s claims in the Flashpoint waterway. were shown.
The American political drama “Madam Secretary” was also removed from the country in 2020 over a scene in an ancient town in central Vietnam titled “Fouling, China”.
