  Report: South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk dies of coronavirus December 11, 2020 - 16:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Korean movie director Kim Ki-duk died of complications from Covid-19 in Latvia on Friday, December 11, The Korea Herald reveals. News reports from Russia said the director died in the hospital from complications associated with Covid-19. The director's family confirmed to multiple Korean media that the news was correct and that they had received a call on the day. According to the sources, Kim arrived in Latvia in the middle of last month. He reportedly lived there with the help of film industry figures in Latvia. He was recently hospitalized due to symptoms of coronavirus, but treatment was unsuccessful. Debuting in 1996 with the work "Crocodile," Kim is the only South Korean director to win at all three major European film festivals: Cannes, Venice and Berlin. But the award-winning director has shunned public appearances in Korea since he was accused of sexually assaulting actresses while filming in 2017. A police case into the main accusation was dropped the following year. Kim tried to sue his accusers for damages, but was unsuccessful.   Top stories In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). Across a swathe of southern Turkey, people sought temporary shelter and food in freezing winter weather. The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. The Prosecutor’s Office has released surveillance footage and said that one of the detainees in the case, Iveri Melashvili.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia dismisses Turkey’s demand to shut down nuclear plant as “inappropriate”  Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”.EU says Azerbaijan still “partner” despite brazen Karabakh attack European Council President Charles Michel has said that Baku remains an EU partner despite its attack on Nagorno-Karabakh.“The Power of One Dram”, the “Hayordi” camp team up to benefit for Artsakh IDBank and Idram sum up the results of the September program “The Power of One Dram”.Armenian parliament ratifies Rome Statute The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. |
