{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_isi4s6vbmeuxmuks7sta","title":"[COVER STORY] 'The Assassin(s)' producers face probe over depiction of Park Chung-hee plotting wife's death","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/cover-story-the-assassin-s-producers-face-probe-over-depiction-of-park-isi4s6vbme","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_isi4s6vbmeuxmuks7sta","seq":637155,"kind":"article","title":"[COVER STORY] 'The Assassin(s)' producers face probe over depiction of Park Chung-hee plotting wife's death","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/films/20260929/cover-story-the-assassins-producers-face-probe-over-depiction-of-park-chung-hee-plotting-wifes-death","summary":"Director Hur Jin-ho's historical thriller \"The Assassin(s)\" became the top draw over this year's Chuseok holiday, but the movie is facing a growing political dispute and defamation investigation over its depiction of the 1974 shooting that killed then-first lady Yuk Young-soo. The controversy has spilled into Korea's already deep ideological divide, with conservatives accusing the film of distorting history and liberals defending it as a work of fiction. The debate escalated…","published":"2026-09-29T10:12:03Z","seen":"2026-09-29T10:14:54Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","name":"koreatimes.co.kr","domain":"feed.koreatimes.co.kr"},"via":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","topics":["asia"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q14356","name":"Park Chung-hee","type":"person"}],"image":"https://newsimg.koreatimes.co.kr/2026/09/29/f516f19d-02aa-4961-99b8-e7de41c58c0c.jpeg","mentions":2,"story":"st_isi4s6vbmeuxmuks7sta","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.44999998807907104,"category2":"arts-culture-entertainment","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.8199999928474426,"political":0.12999999523162842}]}