COVER STORY 'The Assassin(s)' producers face probe over depiction of Park Chung-hee plotting wife's death

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 And Took A Legal Turn On Tuesday, When A Former City Councilor From The Conservative Main Opposition People Power Party (PPP) Filed A Police Complaint Against The Director And Producers. The Complaint Accuses Them Of Defamation By Spreading False Information Through The Film, Claiming The Movie Distorted History By Implying That Then-President Park Chung-hee, Who Took Power In 1961 Through A Military Coup, Was Involved In His Wife's Assassination. The Movie Is Based On The Aug. 15, 1974, Shooting In Which Mun Se-gwang, A North Korea-linked Korean Resident Of Japan, Opened Fire In An Attempt To Assassinate Park And Fa

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