Here's a quirk of living in Indonesia that K-drama fans back home would envy: The Apartment Job, Ji Sung's crime-comedy currently airing on JTBC, lands on Netflix here the same day as the Korean broadcast — and because Jakarta sits two hours behind Seoul, the new episode is ready by roughly 8:40 PM on a Saturday night, prime time, not the next morning. If you've been searching "The Apartment Job kdrama where to watch English sub," the answer is sitting in your existing Netflix app — or in a subscription that costs about $1.80 a month here.
This guide covers where it streams, the exact weekend-by-weekend schedule in WIB, whether the English subs are any good (they are — they're official), and how to pay for Netflix in Indonesia when you don't have a local card.
Quick Answer
The Apartment Job streams in Indonesia exclusively on Netflix, as a same-day simulcast of the JTBC broadcast — it is not on Disney+ Hotstar, Viu, WeTV, or Prime Video. New episodes drop every Saturday and Sunday (JTBC airs around 22:40 KST, so episodes appear on Netflix from roughly 8:40 PM WIB the same evening). The run started 11 July 2026, releases two episodes per weekend, and wraps with the finale on 15-16 August 2026 — 12 episodes total. English subtitles are included from episode one, since Netflix Indonesia is the same global platform. On price: official Netflix Premium here runs about Rp 186.000/month (~$11.60) — already far below US pricing — and through Literally Apps a Netflix account starts at Rp 29.000/month (~$1.80), paid by QRIS or bank transfer, delivered over WhatsApp in about 5 minutes. The whole season fits inside one month.
Episode Schedule (Jakarta Time)
| Weekend | Episodes | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 July | Episodes 1-2 | Premiere |
| Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 July | Episodes 3-4 | — |
| Saturday 25 – Sunday 26 July | Episodes 5-6 | Airing this weekend |
| Saturday 1 – Sunday 2 August | Episodes 7-8 | Midpoint |
| Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 August | Episodes 9-10 | Approaching the climax |
| Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 August | Episodes 11-12 | Finale |
The JTBC broadcast starts around 22:40 KST, which converts to 20:40 WIB — and the Netflix version goes live the same day. In practice that means Indonesian viewers can usually stream the new episode from around 8:40 PM the same evening. Compare that with fans in the US or Europe, who get it the following morning or mid-day: this is one of the few shows where being in the WIB timezone is the premium seat. And since two episodes land per weekend, the whole 12-episode season is done in five weekends — one month of Netflix covers the entire run.
Why This One Is Worth Your Weekend
If you know one Korean actor by face, there's a decent chance it's Ji Sung — the Kill Me, Heal Me and The Devil Judge lead whose dissociative-identity performance still gets clipped on every K-drama TikTok a decade later. The Apartment Job is his first Netflix series, and it hands him a premise built for his range: Park Hae-gang, a former gang boss, runs for president of an apartment complex's residents' association — not out of civic spirit, but to crack open the building's 10-billion-won repair reserve fund and save Yong-man, the man he considers a father.
The heist logic collapses in the best way. Hae-gang stumbles into corruption that has festered in the complex for years, and the con man ends up leading the residents against much better-dressed criminals. It's a crime comedy wrapped around a very Korean institution — the apartment residents' association — which makes it half satire, half thriller. The supporting cast is stacked: Ha Yoon-kyung, Park Byung-eun, and Moon So-ri. Twelve episodes, no filler arc, currently in its back half — which is exactly the right moment to catch up.
Where to Watch (and Why Not "Free Streaming" Sites)
The Apartment Job is a JTBC drama whose international streaming home is Netflix — with official English subtitles from the first episode, updated every weekend alongside the Korean broadcast. It is not available on Disney+ Hotstar, Viu, WeTV, iQIYI, or Prime Video, so any site claiming to stream it "free with English subs" is not licensed.
⚠️ About those "The Apartment Job eng sub free" sites: they're pirate mirrors, and mid-airing hype shows are their favorite bait — gambling pop-ups, phishing overlays, malware disguised as video players, plus machine-translated subtitles that mangle every joke. The legal version costs less than $2 a month here, streams in HD/4K, and has subtitles written by humans. This is not the corner worth cutting.
Not sure what else your Rp 29.000 buys? Browse the full streaming catalog, or run your whole subscription stack through the budget calculator to see what it costs in both rupiah and dollars.
How to Subscribe Without an Indonesian Card
The classic expat catch: the show is right there, but the payment page wants instruments you don't have. The friction-free route:
- Open the Netflix page at Literally Apps and pick a variant — from Rp 29.000/month (
$1.80, no guarantee) or Rp 40.000 ($2.50) with a full-replacement guarantee. - Pay by QRIS (scan with GoPay, DANA, ShopeePay — any Indonesian e-wallet) or local bank transfer. No credit card, no foreign card, no VPN.
- Your login arrives over WhatsApp in about 5 minutes. Sign in on the official Netflix app — phone, TV, laptop — up to 4K.
- Search "The Apartment Job," set subtitles to English in the player, and start from episode 1. New episodes appear every Saturday and Sunday evening.
No Indonesian payment methods set up at all yet? Our guide on how to pay without a local card walks through every option. And if you're stacking several services, the entertainment bundle combines platforms at a lower rate than paying for each separately.
Want the new episode ready at 8:40 PM this Saturday? Netflix from Rp 29.000/month (~$1.80) — 4K, English subs, activated over WhatsApp in 5 minutes. Ji Sung is busy robbing an apartment complex; your part takes one QRIS scan.
Bottom Line
For anyone in Indonesia asking where to watch The Apartment Job with English subs: Netflix, exclusively, same day as the JTBC broadcast — new episodes every Saturday and Sunday from around 8:40 PM WIB, finale on 16 August 2026. The timezone works in your favor, the price works even harder: Rp 29.000/month (~$1.80) through Literally Apps versus the $18-25 a Netflix plan runs in the US. Five weekends, twelve episodes, one cheap month — and Ji Sung's first Netflix show watched the way it airs in Korea: Saturday night, not Monday's lunch break.
Sources: Netflix — The Apartment Job, Wikipedia, South China Morning Post, MyDramaList.
