The Capital Defense Command announced that the Chinese media platform’s use of drones for Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo’s wedding is clearly “illegal”.

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Currently, most areas in Seoul are banning the use of drones. The reason is that within a 8 km-radius of the Blue House (Cheongwadae) is a flight restricted area. According to the law, anyone disobeying the rule can pay a fine up to 2,000,000 Won (~2,000 USD).

If anyone wants to use a drone in the area, they need to get permission 4 to 7 days prior. And the Capital Defense Command announced, “The Chinese media platform’s use of drones for Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo’s wedding is clearly illegal. ‘Hotel Shilla’ is currently a A-level flight restricted area, so you cannot use drones around the hotel.”

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The Chinese media platform that flied drones is ‘ifeng’. They used a drone to live-broadcast Song-Song Couple’s wedding on Weibo. Reportedly, 2 to 3 drones were flying in the sky during the wedding.

Neither the couple’s agencies nor Hotel Shilla were notified in advance.

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Prior to the wedding, many Chinese media platforms had asked for a permission to live-broadcast the wedding. However, the couple rejected all of the requests, so one of them ended up using drones.

While Korean fans only had access to the wedding through low-quality photos, Chinese fans were enjoying the wedding through the live-broadcast including the couple’s kissing moments, bouquet throwing, and more.

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Song-Song couple had a private wedding with 300 guests on the 31st at the Seoul Shilla Hotel.

The couple will reportedly have a honeymoon in Europe. In January, Song Joong-ki brought their first house together, which is located at Itaewon-dong in Seoul.

 

Original article
by Yeo Hyun-goo

Translated by Audrey Joung