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Na Kyung-won Questions Naver Ratings for The Assassin(s)
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, which has been embroiled in controversy over allegations of immorality and historical distortion, fell to second place at the box office on the 3rd.
topped the box office that day with 204,394 admissions.
came in second with 155,086 viewers, followed by
in third place with 110,960.
On the 2nd, the Democratic Party unilaterally pushed through a resolution in the National Assembly Steering Committee calling for the expulsion of lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu.
This is the second outrageous attempt at expulsion, following that of lawmaker Lee Jin-sook.
Lawmakers Jeong Cheong-rae, Choo Mi-ae and Choi Min-hee have snatched microphones away from fellow lawmakers and blocked their right to speak in committee meetings. Now they are even trying to strip lawmakers of their elected offices at will—the very elected power they claim to value so highly.
This is an unchecked parliamentary dictatorship that has gone too far.
If you look closely at the substance of these cases, they are all related to May 18.
The offense, apparently, was daring to touch what they regard as sacred ground.
How can there be such a double standard?
When it comes to The Assassin(s), a film that distorts the tragic history of the assassination of First Lady Yuk Young-soo, they say it is not historical distortion but creative freedom, freedom of expression. Kim Min-seok, Park Jie-won, Choi Min-hee and others all step forward with sophistry to shield it.
But how do they suddenly change when it comes to their own sacred ground?
Because the simple commercial marketing phrase “Tank Day” happened to be used on May 18, they raided a company and launched a witch hunt. A student on the Paichai High School baseball team, unable to comprehend the irrational frenzy of these adults, shouted “Let’s go to Starbucks” as a cheer during a baseball game. He was subjected to nationwide public shaming and ultimately had to give up his dream of playing baseball.
The lives of minors were shattered over a single remark, and they were even forced to pay respects. Why, then, are the director and actors of this film, who distorted history for shallow commercial gain, not going to the National Cemetery to kneel and beg forgiveness?
Recently, even the culture minister was unable to answer whether the Korean War began with an invasion from the North or the South.
The minister also avoided answering a question about whether Moon Se-gwang was responsible for the assassination of Yuk Young-soo.
Moreover, circumstances have reportedly emerged on Naver’s ratings board for The Assassin(s) that raise suspicions of organized ratings manipulation and manipulation of public opinion.
While reviews for other films are all listed by “most liked,” there have been a growing number of reports that only this film has had its default setting changed to “most recent,” allowing comments giving the film a perfect score of 10 to be displayed first.
I checked it myself, and it was true. Reviews for other films currently in theaters are sorted by “most liked,” while only The Assassin(s) pushes the lowest-rated reviews that received large numbers of likes further down the page and places recent high-scoring reviews near the top.
This suggests the possibility of organized manipulation of public opinion that goes beyond simple marketing—an attempt to cover the public’s eyes and ears and turn falsehood into truth.
Naver was a party involved in Lee Jae-myung’s Seongnam FC sponsorship case and has deep ties to Prime Minister Han Seong-sook.
There must be an immediate investigation into who is behind this disturbing manipulation of public opinion, whether investment capital from a particular country is involved, and whether there has been any illegal intervention. The “most liked” sorting system should also be restored. This must be scrutinized at the upcoming National Assembly audit as well.
I ask Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok, the originator of disparagement of May 18 through the New Millennium NHK incident, once again:
By the same standard, immediately enact a “Korean War Historical Distortion Punishment Act” and a “Yuk Young-soo Historical Distortion Punishment Act.”
If you have neither the justification nor the confidence to do so, then the “May 18 Historical Distortion Punishment Act,” which places only one particular history beyond challenge, should be abolished.
What civilized country allows the state to determine the correct answer to history and punish people criminally for deviating from it?
The root of the raids on companies and the public persecution of a high school student is the May 18 historical distortion law. Abolish it immediately.
And immediately stop this repulsive defense of the immoral film The Assassin(s).
No matter how it is dressed up in flowery rhetoric, it remains horrific historical distortion hiding behind the cowardly shield of creative freedom—and nothing more than The Assassin(s) of democracy.
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* This article has been translated by ChatGPT.