Like a scene from ‘Parasite’: Floods lay bare social disparity in South Korea
Seoul, South KoreaReuters Using a plastic bowl, Ha In-sik bailed water out of his lower ground apartment in the low-income housing district of Sillim in southwestern Seoul on Wednesday, where flooding caused by torrential rain forced his family to sleep at a nearby park. The 50-year-old man, along with his wife and daughter had collected […]
With Oscar glory, ‘Parasite’ shines light on Seoul’s housing crisis
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation South Korean film Parasite, which became the first non-English language movie to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars, highlights the widening divide and lack of affordable housing in the capital Seoul, according to social analysts and academics. Director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, which also won Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, […]