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Minister Choi Hwi-Young: “‘Assassin(s)’ Criticism Is Free… Threats to the Actor’s Safety Cannot Be Tolerated”

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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young expressed his "great concern" regarding the situation in which criticism surrounding the controversy over the movie *The Assassins* has gone too far and even led to threats to his personal safety.

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Choi Hwi-young: Threats to Creators Destroy Democracy... Requesting Strict Law Enforcement Choi Hwi-young, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, urged relevant authorities to strictly enforce the law as invasions of privacy and threats to personal safety continue, including protests held in front of the home of an actor appearing in the movie *Assassination*. On the 5th, Minister Choi [posted] on his social media...

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Soon-hyun = Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young [regarding] the excessive infringement by some conservative groups against the actors who appeared in the movie 'Assassination(s)'...

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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young expressed his "great concern" regarding the situation in which criticism surrounding the controversy over the movie *The Assassins* has gone too far and even led to threats to his personal safety.

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As the controversy surrounding the film *Assassination(s)* escalated to boycotts of the actors' advertised products and protests in front of their homes, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young strongly criticized the situation, stating, "Threats to the personal safety of creators are the destruction of democracy." In response, police law enforcement measures were also initiated. Regarding the intensifying social controversy surro…

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Seoul Shinmun (서울신문) broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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