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#NextSohee is based on the 2016 suicide of Hong Soo-yeon, who plunged to her death in an icy reservoir after four months of harassment and #wagetheft working at LB Hunet, a #callcenter #subcontractors of LG U+, the telecom unit of the #LG home appliances conglomerate.
https://portside.org/2025-12-09/next-sohee-korean-cinema-its-bleak-and-brilliant-best
Next Sohee Is Korean Cinema at Its Bleak and Brilliant Best
Not so long ago, K-movies and TV dramas were considered cool, even thought-provoking. That was before their breakthrough into the global mainstream, when ideas were typed into laptops in corner coffeehouses in Seoul by young directors and writers, rather than processed as if they were spreadsheet entries by CFOs or CFAs in cushy offices in Hollywood.
