SEOUL :South Korean actor O Yeong-su won the country's first Golden Globe award on Sunday for his role in Netflix hit"Squid Game", drawing cheers at home and abroad despite criticism for the ceremony's organisers over a lack of diversity.
This year's ceremony https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/west-side-story-wins-golden-globe-best-musical-or-comedy-film-2022-01-10 was held privately without the usual glitzy fanfare after many actors, directors and film studios refused to attend amid criticism https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-goldenglobes-diversity-idUSKBN2AR01A that its organiser, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, lacked decent ethics policies and ethnic diversity.
O's achievement came after Youn Yuh-jung won best supporting actress https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/south-koreas-youn-wins-best-supporting-actress-oscar-minari-2021-04-26 at last year's Academy Awards, the first South Korean to win an Oscar, for her role in"Minari," a heartfelt Korean immigrant tale.
The dystopian drama has inspired countless real world recreations and social media memes in South Korea, including his use of the term"kkanbu", which roughly translates as"friend", propelling his popularity as a hippy"kkanbu grandpa".
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