“The Assassin(s)” Controversy— Multiple Korean Celebrities “Canceled,” Actors Threatened

The impact is significant. 5 minutes ago The Assassin(s) might just be the most talked-about movie in South Korea right now, owing to a massive controversy over its plot. The movie is based on the real-life assassination incident of former first lady Yuk Young Soo, the wife of then-President Park Chung Hee. However, the way it revisits that fateful day of August 15, 1974, has sparked accusations of historical distortion. Park Chung Hee Park Chung Hee led an authoritarian military regime after seizing power in the May 16 coup of 1961. He served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 to 1979, when he was assassinated. He is also the father of former President Park Geun Hye, who was impeached in 2017 after the Constitutional Court upheld bribery charges against her. How A Puppy Brought Down The First Female President Of South Korea Park’s wife, First Lady Yuk Young Soo was fatally shot during an assassination attempt against her husband at the National Theater in Seoul. The shooter was identified as Mun Se Gwang, a pro-North Korean ethnic Korean individual from Japan. The government findings claimed that the attack was carried out by North Korea, and Mun was sentenced to deat...