Min Hee-jin posts photo of Nobel novel about ‘lost honor’ as NewJeans move back to Ador

Min Hee-jin, the former chief of Ador and the creative figure widely associated with the rise of NewJeans, has sparked fresh attention after uploading a cryptic image referencing a classic novel about media-driven character destruction. The timing has drawn notice, coming just as all five NewJeans members prepare to return to Ador following months of legal conflict. Min uploaded a single photo to her social media page on Monday without any caption. The image showed the cover of “The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum,” a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Heinrich Böll. Its subtitle — “How violence develops and where it can lead” — directly encapsulates the book’s theme. The novel follows 27-year-old Katharina Blum, whose life is dismantled by sensationalist media and public judgment. Although the story centers on her killing of a tabloid journalist, Böll stresses that the true destruction of her honor stems not from the crime itself but from the press manipulation surrounding it. For many online, the implication of Min’s post was clear. Fans on social media say the timing aWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times