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South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk died of complications from Covid-19 in Latvia on Friday.
News reports from Russia said the director died in hospital from complications associated with Covid-19.
Kim’s family confirmed to various Korean media that the news was correct and that they had received a call that day.
According to sources, Kim arrived in Latvia in the middle of last month. He reportedly lived there with the help of figures from the Latvian film industry.
He was recently hospitalized due to coronavirus symptoms, but treatment was unsuccessful.
Debuting in 1996 with the play Crocodile, Kim is the only South Korean director to have won three major European film festivals: Cannes, Venice and Berlin.
But the award-winning director has avoided public appearances in Korea since he was accused of sexually assaulting actresses while filming in 2017.
A police case in the main prosecution was dropped the following year. Kim tried to sue her accusers for damages, but was unsuccessful. – The Korea Herald / Asia News Network
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