Alumni of the School of Drama and School of Film, TV & Multimedia Take 2024 Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (MCST) of South Korea and Korea Creative Content Agency honored awards at the 2024 Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards.

The MCST selected the candidates based on the nationwide survey and the experts’ recommendations. Then it further evaluated the period of candidates’ activities, international accomplishments, and degrees of industrial and social contributions to review their qualifications. As a result, 31 were nominated: 6 for Order of Culture Merit, 7 for Presidential Citation, 8 for Prime Minister’s Citation, and 10 for Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Citation.

Actor Lee Jae-hoon and musical actor Choi Jae-rim, who studied at the School of Drama, and filmmaker Jang Jae-hyun, an alumnus of the School of Film, TV & Multimedia were granted Prime Minister’s Citations. Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Citation went toward actress Ahn Eun-jin, an alumna of the School of Drama.

The Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, founded in 2010, is the most prestigious government award in pop culture. It enhances social statuses and creative endeavors of pop culture artists across different fields, including music, acting, comedy, voice acting, broadcasting writing, and performance by acknowledging their contributions to the advancement of pop culture and arts.