'That's my story': Oscar winner thrills South Korean minari farmers


  • World
  • Monday, 26 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: A farmer Ham Byoung-gab and his wife Lim Mi-seon work at their minari (water parsley) farm in Siheung, South Korea, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Daewoung Kim

SIHEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - For one South Korean couple who spend nine months a year farming minari, watching the leafy green become world famous at the Academy Awards brought pride and excitement.

"Minari", which tells the tale of an immigrant Korean family trying to farm in the United States, brought home six nominations and one Oscar - for supporting actress Youn Yuh-jung - on Sunday.

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