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Girls’
Generation and actor Lee ByungHun are among the big names acknowledged
for their huge contributions to the development of Korean pop culture
and arts.
On November 15th, Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism had announced the names of the recipients for ’2011 Korea
Republic Pop Culture and Arts Awards’.
The recipients of this
year’s Culture Awards are Shin YoungGyoon, Lee SooMan, Ha ChoonHwa, Shin
JoongHyun, Yoo Ho and Oh SeungRyong.
Girls’ Generation who is
the main driving force behind the Hallyu fever, received their
well-deserved recognition when the girls were announced as one of the
recipients of the Prime Minister’s Award.
Meanwhile, actor Jang
GeunSuk, Beast, After School, CN Blue, ZE:A and Kim ByungMan will be
receiving the Minister of Culture’s Award.
Lee ByungHun, Park JinYoung Yang HyunSuk and Kim GunMo on the other hand, are announced as the winners of the President’s Award.
The
award ceremony which will take place at 6pm on November 21st in Olympic
Hall, Jamsil, Seoul will be graced with performances from Girls’
Generation, Wonder Girls, Beast, After School and Taeyang.
Credit: eto.co.kr
