Vietnam requests Netflix remove K-drama over war ‘distortion’

Vietnam has asked Netflix to stop showing South Korean drama series “Little Women” in the Southeast Asian country, alleging the series distorted events of the Vietnam War, state media said Wednesday.

In episode eight of the 12-part drama, which is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott, a war veteran from South Korea is seen bragging about the “kill-to-death ratio” between troops from his country and the Viet Cong.

More than 320,000 South Koreans were sent to Vietnam between 1964 and 1973 to fight alongside US soldiers.

They have long faced allegations that they committed mass killings of Vietnamese civilians.

The war veteran in the series,…