An influential pro-North Korean outlet on Friday praised South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” describing it as a “masterpiece” that “acutely revealed the reality” of South Korean life and society.

The Korean-language article, carried by the Choson Sinbo — the official newspaper of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) — described the film as akin to a “whistle-blower revealing the gap between the rich and the poor, and class contradictions.”

Reporting on the movie’s recent four Oscarwins, the outlet, known for its close political ties to Pyongyang, described the movie as “very