Renowned South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk has passed away at 59 from Covid-19 complications while visiting Latvia, local media report.
Kim had reportedly arrived in Latvia to buy a house in the Baltic country, but later failed to show up for a scheduled meeting, Latvian news website Delfi said.
Russian documentary film director Vitaly Mansky told the website that Kim had passed away as a result of Covid-19 complications at 1:20am local time on Friday. Mansky said Kim’s death was confirmed to him by interpreter.
The South Korean Embassy in Latvia, meanwhile, told Delfi that it could not comment on the reports of Kim’s death for the time being.
