Yeri, a high-ranking student at Cheongdam International High School, returns as a uniform queen

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May 29, 2025

Yeri, a high-ranking student at Cheongdam International High School, returns as a uniform queen
Chungdam International High School still cut. Photo courtesy =Wyatt Media



Drama 'Cheongdam International High School 2' produced by Wyatt Media and Lian Content will visit viewers around the world in the first week of July with a stronger lineup.

This season will be released on major OTT platforms in Korea such as Netflix, Wavve, and Tving, as well as MBN, a comprehensive programming channel. Overseas, you can find Asia's largest OTT platform Viu (View), global Asian content-specific platform Rakuten Viki, Japan's ABEMA TV, and Taiwan's No. 1 paid subscription platform, friday Video. In addition, it will be opened simultaneously in more than 190 countries around the world, including the Americas, Europe, India, and Africa.

Previously, the first season of 'Cheongdam International High School' gained explosive popularity, ranking second in the Korean weekly rankings for Netflix TV dramas. ABEMA TV topped the rankings of major platforms in Asia, including No. 1 in the Hallyu content category, No. 2 in Viu Indonesia, No. 3 in Singapore, and No. 3 in Friday Video Taiwan, rewriting the box office formula of 'K-Thriller Academy Materials'. In addition to iQIYI and Netflix's entry into the global chart TOP10, it has established itself as a global hit with both genre freshness and immersion.




This season, the presence of Gen Z actors is expected to explode further. Lee Eun-sam (Kim Hye-in), Kim Ye-rim (Baek Je-na, Yeri of Red Velvet), Lee Jong-hyuk (Seo-eon), Park Si-woo (Min Yul-hee), Jang Deok-soo (Park Woo-jin), and Jang Sung-yoon (Kim Hae-in), who appeared in season 1, will once again unite. Kim Min-kyu (played by Cha Jin-wook) and Won Kyu-bin (played by Lee Sarang) will join the new team to lead the expansion of the world view.

In season 2, the narrative of Kim Hye-in (Lee Eun-sam), the first member of Diamond 6, and Queen Baekjena (Kim Ye-rim), who suffers from growing pains amid a precarious succession structure, is centered. The new characters will include Cha Jin-wook (Kim Min-gyu), a transfer student with a fatal charm, and Lee Sa-rang (Won Kyu-bin), a lover who takes everything to protect Hye-in.

The megaphone of 'Cheongdam International High School 2' has become the night of the drama ', Director Lee Yong-woong, who proved his solid directing skills with "Search". Coach Lim said "If season 1 depicted the growth and discovery of youth, season 2 wanted to capture the journey of growth pain facing the reality after that." Beyond the extension of the existing character, it is a story that sheds light on the anxiety, conflict, and cracks in the relationship hidden in it,' foreshadowing the deeper narrative of season 2.




'Cheongdam International High School 2' is a high-teen psychological thriller with a youth romance, depicting the Diamond 6 split and the rocking class order of Cheongdam International High School after season 1's powerful villain Oh Si-eun's fall. Attention is focused on their choice whether Hye-in and Jenna, who are again at the center of their desire, will make the same choice or a different choice this time.

'Cheongdam International High School 2' will be released in more than 190 countries around the world in July, returning with a stronger and more detailed story than Season 1.






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