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People Power Party Fiercely Criticizes 'Assassin(ies)' Day After day... "Screenings Must Be Halted and a Parliamentary Audit Called"

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Ryu Mina, Noh Seon-woong, and Jo Da-woon = On the 29th as well, the People Power Party [regarding] the so-called historical distortion regarding the movie 'Assassin(s)', which deals with the shooting of First Lady Yuk Young-soo...

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Ryu Mina, Noh Seon-woong, and Jo Da-woon = On the 29th as well, the People Power Party [regarding] the so-called historical distortion regarding the movie 'Assassin(s)', which deals with the shooting of First Lady Yuk Young-soo...

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On the 29th, the People Power Party argued that Director Hur Jin-ho, who produced the film *The Assassin(ies)*—which is based on the shooting of First Lady Yuk Young-soo, wife of former President Park Chung-hee—should be selected as a witness or reference person for the parliamentary audit regarding the controversy over historical distortion surrounding the film. Cho Eun-hee, the People Power Party's ranking member on the National Assembly Cultu…

Representative Choi Min-hee of the Democratic Party of Korea has come out in opposition to the People Power Party's move to summon director Hur Jin-ho of the film *The Assassin(s)* to the parliamentary audit. This is her second public statement following her rebuttal the previous day to the opposition's attacks on historical distortion, stating that "*The Assassin* is fiction." At around 10:47 a.m. on the 29th, Representative Choi posted on Fa…

On the 29th, regarding the controversy over historical distortion in the movie *The Assassin(s)*, the People Power Party stated, “Just like the ‘Starbucks boycott,’ young people in their 20s and 30s voluntarily stepped forward to start a boycott,” adding, “It is only right to raid the production company of *The Assassin(s)* just as they did with Starbucks.” The People Power Party’s Culture, Sports, and Tourism Committee urged the Democratic Part…

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Seoul Shinmun (서울신문) broke the news on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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