The Netflix original D.P., short for the “Deserter Pursuit” unit of the Military Police, is a webtoon-based K-Drama featuring actors Jung Hae In, Koo Kyo Hwan, and Cho Hyun Chul. When the first full six-episode season dropped on Netflix, D.P. received global viewership—not only for its star-studded cast but also for its gritty plot portraying the South Korean mandatory military service.
In an awed review, NME claimed “From brutal beatings to sexual assault to dehumanizing humiliations, these fictional depictions of hazing are sadly far from exaggerated—Just look up news articles about bullying in the South Korean military.” And NME is right. In 2020 alone, there have been 946 reported cases of violence and harassment in the military. There are, without a question, countless more cases that have gone unreported.
"D.P. also does a great but disconcerting job at depicting what happens on the rare occasions when these cases do come to light. At best they are ignored by callous higher-ups who have normalised this sort of behaviour and bemoan the softness of the new generation, or at worst they are outright covered up by career senior officers who are more concerned with how a scandal might affect their promotions." — NME
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