Song Joong-ki - Taebaek city in Gangwon was in a difficult situation in the news of Song Hye-kyo's couple's breakup.
The two met in the Korean Broadcasting (KBS) drama The Descendants of the Sun, which aired in early 2016, and became lovers, and married in October 2017. At that time, the drama was very popular, with the highest audience rating reaching 40%.
Taebaek city was enthusiastic about related marketing as the drama became very popular because most of the main background in the drama, Uruk Taebaek, was filmed at the Hanbo coal mine set in Taebaek. In order to attract tourists, Taebaek city has rebuilt the drama set, which has already been demolished with 270 million won, and it has been criticized as a waste of budget.
The following year, in May 2017, the Sun's descendants park with the Uruk Cathedral, the statue of the Song Song Couple, and the large Song Joong-ki military painting sculpture were also created at the entrance of the set. Taebaek city is also opening the Taebaek Couple Festival every year in commemoration of the opening of the Sun's descendants park.
Currently, Taebaek city is promoting new tourism projects such as Aurora Park and Slow Restaurant with a project cost of 27 billion won near the Sun's descendants park and Taebaek set.
However, in the news of the sudden Song Song Couple breakup, Taebaek city was in a position to worry about whether to hold a couple festival that came a month ahead and whether to demolish parks and sets such as Song Song Couple statue.
An official of Taebaek city said, "I do not know how to deal with related tourism contents such as festivals in the news of the sudden collapse of the Song Song Couple."
Meanwhile, Song Hye-kyo (38) - Song Joong-ki (34) is in the process of divorce after a year and eight months of marriage.
The difficulty of processing facilities such as set set which was rebuilt with 270 million won