How Korea’s CJ ENM Became a Regular Oscars Contender
When Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019, Miki Lee, vice-chairwoman of CJ Group, the powerhouse Korean conglomerate behind the film, called an emergency meeting among her executives. “She gathered the whole senior management team and said, ‘It’s time for us to go after the Oscars,’”…