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'Parasite' director Bong Joon Ho wins best director Oscar

by Associated Press
| February 9, 2020 9:05 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Writer-director Bong Joon Ho made Oscar history Sunday night, capturing Oscars for best director and best international feature with his dark comic thriller, “Parasite,” the first South Korean film to win an Academy Award in any category.

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