While the People Power Party is attacking the film 'Assassins', which deals with the shooting of Yuk Young-soo, claiming it distorts history, the fact that they defended the documentary 'The Founding War 2' just a year ago, which was embroiled in the Jeju April 3rd distortion controversy, is being reexamined, saying, "History is subject to scrutiny, not to be silenced." History lecturer Hwang Hyun-pil said on the 1st, "Those who applauded the film 'The Founding War' and called it a good movie have no right to say that the film 'The Founding War' is immoral." The film 'The Founding War,' released in February 2024, attempted to reevaluate former President Syngman Rhee, and the following film, 'The Founding War 2,' released last October, claimed that during the Jeju April 3rd Uprising, Colonel Park Jin-kyung, the commander of the 11th Regiment, who was assassinated by his subordinates while leading the hardline suppression, is not the main culprit in the massacre of civilians. After watching 'The Founding War 2,' Jang Dong-hyuk, leader of the People Power Party, said, "If diverse perspectives on history are not recognized, history is easily It is distorted," and added, "Just because there are sacrifices, historical facts must not be described in one direction or discussed in a different direction, it must not be prohibited." The Jeju April 3rd National Committee and the Jeju April 3rd Memorial Project Committee condemned the next day, saying, "The expression of gratitude for this film is an act of killing 30,000 April 3rd victims twice, and it is an act of digging up the wounds of over 100,000 bereaved families," but Jang did not back down. At a press conference held at the National Assembly on October 9 last year, Jang responded to criticism from the families of the April 3rd Victims about watching the film, saying, "We must honor and evaluate the sacrifices of unjust victims," but also argued, "Historical truth cannot be recorded perfectly as it is. Therefore, the perspective on history must always remain open." He continued, "History is subject to scrutiny, not something to be silenced," and said, "If you make a problem with watching the film itself or feel wronged, I also think that accusing the victims of their sacrifice by belittling them is yet another frame and actually damages history." Regarding the feature film 'Assassin(s),' on the 28th of last month, Yuk Young-soo He criticized that "the leftists make such films by claiming freedom of expression when making such films." On the 2nd, he also mentioned the handwritten letter written by former President Park at the time of Yuk's passing, saying, "It has already gone beyond the level of 'cinematic imagination' that can be bypassed. They should stop screening the film themselves and apologize to the public."
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