scene from the film parasite and it has been very painstakingly recreated here at the exhibition, under the guidance of the set designerfrom the film. parasite was of course a movie that changed the perception of korean cinema around the world. what was it about the film that enabled it to become a breakthrough international hit? from seoul, juwon park has this report. with four 0scar wins, including for best director and best picture, parasite dominated the 2020 oscars, becoming the first film not in the english language to ever win best picture. translation: it is the first time for a korean and asian| movie to win so this could be
i guess our focus now is getting thejob done and making sure that we can do it efficiently and safely and have the most chance of success. so that s the focus now. a new exhibition on k pop is opening at the v&a museum in london and looks at the phenomenal rise in popularity of the south korean popular culture. the show includes the bright pink guard costumes from the successful netflix series squid game, as well as k pop music, props as well as a replica of the bathroom set in the oscar winning film parasite. the exhibition is split into different sections that look at the range of k pop culture from music to tv and cinema, fashion and beauty.
known as banjiha, these basement apartments were made famous by the oscar winning film parasite. but when seoul experienced its heaviest rain in 100 years, life suddenly imitated art. do you know how high the water came up? ji ae has raised her two sons in this banjiha. it s the only place they can afford, with house prices in seoul out of control. but this is now the second time they ve been flooded.
this is newsday on the bbc. i m monica miller in singapore. our headlines. a team from the un s nuclear watchdog has reached the russian held zaporizhzhia power plant in ukraine, despite shelling nearby. we turn to seoul now, where the government has promised to get rid of its basement apartments, which were made famous by the oscar winning film parasite. it follows severe floods last month, which trapped people inside their homes, killing four. the underground homes have come to represent south korea s growing inequality and spiralling housing crisis, and as our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie has been finding out, those who live in them fear they ll be left with nowhere to go. under the streets of seoul live hundreds of thousands of people.
this comes as the southwest region is experiencing extreme weather patterns that are destroying its crops. the us dollar index, the benchmark for the currency s international value, has hit a 20 year high. investors see it as a safe haven in these uncertain times as central banks around the world raise interest rates as it tries to bring down inflation. to seoul now, where the government has promised to get rid of its basement apartments, which were made famous by the oscar winning film parasite. it follows severe floods last month, which trapped people inside their homes, killing four people. the underground homes have come to represent south korea s growing inequality and spiralling housing crisis. as our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, has been finding out, those who live in them fear they ll be left with nowhere to go. under the streets of seoul live hundreds