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A movie on a political killing fuels South Korea’s culture wars
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On August 15, 1974, South Korean leader Park Chung-hee was delivering an address at Seoul’s National Theatre when an assassin charged down an aisle, brandishing a .38-calibre Smith & Wesson.Shots cracked. Park ducked behind a bulletproof podium as bodyguards and citizens subdued the gunman. But the first lady, Yook Young-soo, whose gentle public persona had contrasted with her husband’s iron-fisted rule, was hit in the head. After Park’s dying wife was rushed away, he resumed his speech comm
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