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Ashley Ahn

A major South Korean broadcaster omitted 'ladies' from Michelle Yeoh's Oscars speech

Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for Everything Everywhere All at Once, attends the Governors Ball during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Sunday in Hollywood, Calif. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

SBS News, a major broadcaster in South Korea, provoked outrage after it removed Michelle Yeoh's reference to "ladies" in its coverage of her acceptance speech at the Oscars.

Yeoh, who became the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, said in the speech that her win offered a "beacon of hope and possibility" for "little boys and girls who look like me."

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