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Bong's 'Parasite' focuses on plight of South Korea's poor

by Associated Press
| February 12, 2020 12:05 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans are reveling in writer-director Bong Joon Ho’s dark comic thriller, “Parasite,” which won this year’s Academy Awards for best film and best international feature. The movie itself, however, doesn’t put the country in a particularly positive light.

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