A ball launched by a 12 million won ring, two scenes left behind by Moon Chae-won's marriage > News

The styling in the wedding pictorial released by Moon Chae-won shows a perfect mise-en-scène in itself. Her look, which matched an off-shoulder lace dress with a veil, created an elegant atmosphere like a scene from a drama, and showed off her youthful beauty that made it hard to believe that she was approaching 40 years old. However, the public's attention went straight to her left ring finger. This ring, known to be a product of a French high jewelry brand, turned out to be an extremely expensive item priced at a whopping 12 million won. This price information immediately aroused the public's curiosity, and the media began publishing articles focusing on the price tag rather than her beauty.

The way the media puts the price of a specific item at the forefront stimulates the public's consumer psychology and at the same time tends to replace a celebrity's marriage with a 'product'. A ring worth more than 10 million won symbolizes an economic gap that cannot be easily accessed by the general public, and this directly leads to topicality. Articles list Moon Chae-won's past filmography, but emphasize that what is really important is the expensive jewelry she wears. This reporting practice sometimes leads to negative results in that the public only consumes provocative and material aspects rather than illuminating the lives of celebrities from various angles.

Meanwhile, apart from this uproar, the shadow of 'impersonation crime' casting over the entertainment industry as a whole is also an important social phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Cases of abusing the names and reputations of famous celebrities such as Moon Chae-won for financial gain or spreading false information are rapidly increasing. The public is enthusiastic about celebrities' every move, but they are defenselessly exposed to the danger that lurks behind them. While the media covers the news of celebrities' glamorous marriages, it does not cover in depth how vulnerable they are to impersonation crimes committed with the public's trust as collateral, and how the damage is spreading to the general public.

Moon Chae-won's wedding pictorial shows the modern landscape that combines the commercial physiology of the media and the public's voyeuristic curiosity. Despite not including the groom-to-be in the pictorial out of consideration for the non-celebrity groom-to-be, the public continues to look into and evaluate her private area through the medium of a ring. This is the fate of the profession of celebrity, but it is also an indicator of how obsessed we are with materialism in the way we consume other people's lives. The reporting behavior, which focuses on analysis of flashy appearances rather than pure celebration, suggests that it is time for us to reflect on ourselves as subjects of news consumption.