2025 Korea Drama Awards Winners List: Our Movie, The Haunted Palace, For Eagle Brothers, Our Unwritten Seoul, Friendly Rivalry And More

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16th Korea Drama Awards announced its big winners amid a lot of anticipation. Actors like Park Bo Young, IU, Kim So Hyun, Park Hyung Sik, Park Bo Gum, Yook Sung Jae, and others competed as the leading talents in the main categories to take home the top awards. While the Daesang (Grand Prize) this year went to Ahn Jae Wook for his performance in For Eagle Brothers, the award for Best Picture went to Our Movie.The annual awards were held on October 11 at the Gyeongnam Culture & Art Center in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. To mark its 2025 edition, the fan voting widow for seven main categories and six popularity awards opened from August 28 until September 22.

16th Korea Drama Awards: Full Winners List

Daesang (Grand Prize): Ahn Jae Wook (For Eagle Brothers)Best Picture: Our MovieLifetime Achievement Award: Kim Yong RimBest Actor: Yook Sungjae (The Haunted Palace)Best Actress: Park Bo Young (Our Unwritten Seoul)

Excellence in Acting Award (Male): Lee Hyun Wook (The Queen Who Crowns, Shark: The Storm)Excellence in Acting Award (Female): Kim Ji Yeon [Bona] (The Haunted Palace)Best New Actor: Choo Young Woo (The Tale of Lady Ok, Head Over Heels), Heo Nam Jun (When the Phone Rings, When the Stars Gossip)Best New Actress: Chung Su Bin (Friendly Rivalry), Hong Hwa Yeon (Buried Hearts, Tastefully Yours, I Am a Running Mate)

Global Star Award: Byeon Woo SeokHot Star Award (Male): Byeon Woo SeokHot Star Award (Female): Chung Su BinMulti-tainer Award: DKZ’s JaechanBest Couple Award: Hyeri & Chung Su Bin (Friendly Rivalry)Best OST: Young Tak’s Unknown Life (For Eagle Brothers)Scene-Stealer Award (Male): Lee Hae Young (Trigger, Buried Hearts)Scene-Stealer Award (Female): Lee Ho Jung (Good Boy)Villain Award: Oh Jung Se (Good Boy)

About Korea Drama Awards

The awards were live-streamed on the Korea Drama Festival (KDF) YouTube channel. It honoured talents across 92 shows aired over the past year through national broadcasters, cable channels, OTT and more. The awards ceremony took place on Day 2 of the ten-day Korea Drama Festival, which was first launched in 2006.