Park Geun-hye releases letter written by her late father amid film controversy
As conservatives criticize the film “The Assassin(s),” which deals with the fatal shooting of first lady Yuk Young-soo, as a distortion of history, Rep. Yoo Young-ha of the People Power Party on Friday released a handwritten letter that former President Park Chung-hee sent to his daughter, former President Park Geun-hye. Yoo held a press conference at the National Assembly and released a copy of…
Amid controversy surrounding the film "The Assassin(s)," which portrays the fatal shooting of first lady Yuk Young-soo as a historical distortion, Representative Yoo Young-ha of the People Power Party released a handwritten letter from former President Park Chung-hee to his daughter, former President Park Geun-hye, on Friday. The letter, kept by Park Geun-hye, was delivered two days after Yuk's death on August 17, 1974.
At the time, Park Geun-hye was studying in France. Upon learning about her mother's demise, she traveled back to Korea via Tokyo, where she received the letter from her younger sister, Park Geun-ryeong, during her journey. In the letter, Park Chung-hee lamented that the bullet intended for his son instead struck his wife, Yuk, and claimed that if he had been killed instead, Yuk would have survived.
He expressed his gratitude to his wife for taking the fatal bullet and assumed responsibility for their children.
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