Korean film director named 2019 Asian of the Year
The Asia Journalist Association has selected and announced Korean film director Bong Joon-ho as the 2019 Asian of the Year.
Film director, Bong Joon-ho, speaks at the Los Angeles Premiere of Parasite, October 2019.Michael Kovac / Getty Images for NEON
Since his debut in 1994 with the short film White Man, Bong has evoked deep empathy in his audiences by delving into the paradoxes and dark sides of society in films such as Memories of Murder (2003) and The Host (2006).
This year, he unveiled Parasite, in which he approaches and exposes the class structure and conflict from a sociological perspective. Parasite will soon be released in the U.S. Bong won the Palm d’Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
On the year of the Korean film industry’s centennial anniversary, Bong is considered to be the greatest Korean film director.Bong will receive the Asian of the Year award from the Asia Journalist Association on November 11th.
Previous awardees include Indonesian President Joko Widodo (2016), Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma (2017), Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Korean Football Manager Park Hang-seo (2018).
November 11th, the date of the award ceremony, is also the 8th anniversary of the first publication of the AsiaN. The Asia Journalist Association, founded in 2004 with the solidarity of over 500 reporters from 50 Asian countries, played a central role in the publication of the AsiaN.
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