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‘The Assassin(s)’ Movie Fuels South Korea’s Culture Wars

NYT - Home Page

By: Choe Sang-Hun

14 October 2026 at 05:22

The film, “The Assassin(s),” revisits a 1974 shooting that has spawned J.F.K.-style conspiracy theories, exposing divides over the country’s history.

Park Chung-hee, a South Korean military dictator, and his wife, Yook Young-soo, in 1964.

‘The Assassin(s)’ Movie Fuels South Korea’s Culture Wars

NYT - World

By: Choe Sang-Hun

14 October 2026 at 05:22

The film, “The Assassin(s),” revisits a 1974 shooting that has spawned J.F.K.-style conspiracy theories, exposing divides over the country’s history.

Park Chung-hee, a South Korean military dictator, and his wife, Yook Young-soo, in 1964.