[Lim Woong] What Korea's school crisis is really about

When Netflix's new K-drama "Teach You a Lesson" started climbing global ratings charts this month, it did what good television is supposed to do: It made a country argue with itself.

The show follows a fictional government unit called the Teachers’ Rights Protection Bureau as it descends on bullies and corrupt adults to rescue schools from violence.

Forbes hailed it as "one of the smartest, best-written and most addictive" dramas of the year.

While critics have praised its emotional acting and m ...