{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_pttb6zfeckjbfkzrnnma","title":"[COVER STORY] 'The Assassin(s)' producers face defamation probe over depiction of 1974 first lady assassination","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/cover-story-the-assassin-s-producers-face-defamation-probe-over-pttb6zfeck","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_pttb6zfeckjbfkzrnnma","seq":602430,"kind":"article","title":"[COVER STORY] 'The Assassin(s)' producers face defamation probe over depiction of 1974 first lady assassination","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/films/20260929/cover-story-the-assassins-producers-face-defamation-probe-over-depiction-of-1974-first-lady-assassination","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":"2026-09-29T07:07:03Z","seen":"2026-09-29T07:11:29Z","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":"Q140594181","name":"The Assassin(s)","type":"event"}],"image":"https://newsimg.koreatimes.co.kr/2026/09/29/f535a6ad-0ae7-4810-aa23-f1b7386d22df.jpg","story":"st_pttb6zfeckjbfkzrnnma","category":"arts-culture-entertainment","category_p":0.5,"category2":"crime-law","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7900000214576721,"political":0.4300000071525574}]}