South Korean ‘nation’s actor’ Ahn Sung-ki dies at 74

Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korean cinema’s biggest stars whose prolific 60-year career and positive, gentle public image earned him the nickname “The Nation’s Actor”, died on Monday. He was 74. The death of Ahn, who had been fighting blood cancer for years, was announced by his agency, the Artist Company, and the Seoul-based Soonchunhyang University Hospital. Ahn had been in the hospital’s intensive care unit since he collapsed at his home after choking on food last Tuesday. After being diagnosed...