Singapore Film Festival Stands by ‘The Assassin(s)’ After Korean Conservatives Demand It Be Dropped

The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) has decided to keep Hur Jin-ho’s ‘The Assassin(s)’ as its opening film, despite a request from South Korea’s conservative People Power Party (PPP) for it to be dropped. The festival did not mention the PPP in its statement, simply acknowledging awareness of the controversy.