Youn Yuh-jung is first South Korean to win an Oscar for acting


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Youn Yuh-Jung played a spirited and unconventional grandmother in 'Minari.' Photo: AFP

South Korean film icon Youn Yuh-jung won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role as a spirited and unconventional grandmother in Minari.

Youn, 73, is the first South Korean actor to win an Oscar and the first actor from that nation ever to clinch an Academy Award nomination.

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