2025 APAN Star Awards

2025 APAN Star Awards
2025 APAN Star Awards
	Official poster
Date	December 29, 2025
Site	Dongdaemun Design Plaza Arthall 1, Jung-gu, Seoul
Presented by	Korea Entertainment Management Association; Seoul Economic Promotion Agency;
Hosted by	Kim Seung-woo; Park Sun-young;
Website	APAN Star Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	tvN; TVING;

The 2025 APAN Star Awards (Korean: 2025 에이판 스타 어워즈) ceremony will take place on December 29, 2025, at Dongdaemun Design Plaza Arthall 1 Jung-gu, Seoul. It will be hosted by Kim Seung-woo and Park Sun-young. The awards ceremony integrates content from all channels, including domestic terrestrial broadcasting, general programming, cable, OTT, and web dramas, aired from November 2024 to October 2025.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on December 1.^[2]^[3]

Grand Prize (Daesang) TBA	Drama of the Year Our Unwritten Seoul (tvN, Netflix) The Tale of Lady Ok (JTBC) You and Everything Else (Netflix) Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (tvN, Netflix) When Life Gives You Tangerines (Netflix)
Best Director Kim Won-seok – When Life Gives You Tangerines Park Shin-woo – Our Unwritten Seoul Lee Do-yoon – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Jang Tae-yoo – Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Jo Young-min – You and Everything Else	Best Screenwriter Park Ji-sook – The Tale of Lady Ok Song Hye-jin – You and Everything Else Lee Kang – Our Unwritten Seoul Lim Sang-choon – When Life Gives You Tangerines Jang Hyun-sook – Typhoon Family
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Kim Nam-gil – Trigger, The Fiery Priest 2 Park Bo-gum – Good Boy, When Life Gives You Tangerines Park Hyung-sik – Buried Hearts Lee Jun-ho – Typhoon Family Joo Ji-hoon – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Love Your Enemy	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Kim Go-eun – You and Everything Else Park Bo-young – Our Unwritten Seoul IU – When Life Gives You Tangerines Im Yoon-ah – Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Cha Joo-young – The Queen Who Crowns
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Park Hae-joon – When Life Gives You Tangerines, Love, Take Two Yoo Yeon-seok – When the Phone Rings Lee Jun-young – When Life Gives You Tangerines, Pump Up the Healthy Love Lee Joon-hyuk – Love Scout, Mercy for None Choo Young-woo – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Head over Heels	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Go Yoon-jung – Resident Playbook Park Ji-hyun – You and Everything Else Shin Ye-eun – The Murky Stream, A Hundred Memories Yum Jung-ah – Love, Take Two, The Defects Jang Yoon-ju – Ms. Incognito
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Son Chang-min – Good Luck! Song Chang-eui — Desperate Mrs. Seonju Ahn Jae-wook – For Eagle Brothers Jung Il-woo – Our Golden Days Hwang Dong-joo – Marie and Her Three Daddies	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Park Ha-na — My Merry Marriage Uhm Ji-won – For Eagle Brothers Jang Shin-young — The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun Han Groo — Cinderella Game Hahm Eun-jung — Queen’s House
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Kim Dong-wan – For Eagle Brothers Park Sang-nam — My Merry Marriage Seo Jun-young – Queen's House Seo Ha-jun – The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun Yoon Hyun-min – Our Golden Days	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Park Eun-hye — Marie and Her Three Daddies Shim Yi-young — Desperate Mrs. Seonju Lee Si-a — A Graceful Liar Lee Tae-ran — Our Golden Days Jung In-sun — Our Golden Days
Excellence Award, Actor in a Short Drama or Web Drama Park Sung-woong – A Head Coach's Turnover Park Soo-oh — A Head Coach's Turnover Jung Gun-joo – The Road in Between Kim Ki-hyun – No MZ for Old Men Lee Dong-gun – A Love That's Completely Useless Cha Sun-woo – He Is Back, Competition with me Cha Hak-yeon – The Killer Next Door	Excellence Award, Actress in a Short Drama or Web Drama Park Ha-sun – A Love That's Completely Useless, Psychopath Yeo Soon-jeong Lee Soo-ji – No MZ for Old Men Ha Ye-eun – Boss Yeo stays behind Lee Hye-ri – Friendly Rivalry
Excellence Acting Award, Actor Ko Kyu-pil - Genie, Make a Wish, Twelve Sung Dong-il – Typhoon Family, The Art of Negotiation Yoon Kyung-ho — The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Lee Hae-young – Buried Hearts Choi Dae-hoon – When Life Gives You Tangerines, Shin's Project	Excellence Acting Award, Actress Kang Ae-shim – Squid Game 2, 3, Love, Take Two Kim Shin-rok – Undercover High School, Tastefully Yours Yeom Hye-ran – When Life Gives You Tangerines, Law and the City Oh Na-ra – Villains Everywhere, The Nice Guy Won Mi-kyung – Our Unwritten Seoul
Best New Actor Kang You-seok — Resident Playbook, When Life Gives You Tangerines Kim Min-kyu – Bitch x Rich 2, Love, Take Two Kim Yo-han — The Winning Try Ryeoun – Weak Hero Class 2, Namib Lee Chae-min – Bon Appétit, Your Majesty, Crushology 101	Best New Actress Bang Hyo-rin — Aema Shin Si-ah – Resident Playbook Yoon Seo-ah – The Tale of Lady Ok, Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Ha-young – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Face Me Hong Hwa-yeon – Buried Hearts, Tastefully Yours, I Am a Running Mate
Best Child Actor Kim Si-a – Walking on Thin Ice Kim Tae-yeon — When Life Gives You Tangerines Moon Woo-jin – My Dearest Nemesis Lee Cheon-mu – When Life Gives You Tangerines Jo Dan – Villains Everywhere	Best Couple Award Im Yoon-ah with Lee Chae-min – Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Lee Hye-ri with Chung Su-bin – Friendly Rivalry Bae Suzy with Kim Woo-bin – Genie, Make a Wish
Popularity Star Award, Actor Lee Jun-ho Park Seo-ham Ji Chang-wook	Popularity Star Award, Actress Im Yoon-ah Kim Hye-yoon Kim Se-jeong
Global Star Award Byeon Woo-seok Lee Jun-ho Yook Sung-jae	Best Entertainer Award Do Kyung-soo Cha Eun-woo Lee Jun-young
Best Original Soundtrack Lim Young-woong – "More beautiful than heaven" – Heavenly Ever After Young Tak – "Unknown Life" – For Eagle Brothers Jongho – "Just like the First Time" – The Nice Guy	Achievement Award TBA

References

^ Kim Ye-eun (December 1, 2025). "박보검·이준호에 아이유·윤아…'에이판 스타 어워즈', 치열한 트로피 경쟁 예고" [Park Bo-gum, Lee Jun-ho, IU, Yoona… 'Apan Star Awards' anticipates fierce trophy competition]. Xports News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
^ Kim Won-hee (December 1, 2025). "박보검 VS 이준호, '에이판 스타 어워즈'서 맞붙는다" [Park Bo-gum and Lee Jun-ho to Face Off at the A-Pan Star Awards]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
^ @idolchamp1 (November 29, 2025). ✨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬✨ 드디어 대망의 결선! APAN 현재 순위를 함께 살펴볼까요🔎 [✨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 ✨ Finally, the final round! Let's take a look at APAN's current rankings. 🔎] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved December 3, 2025 – via Twitter.

External links

Official website

[1] Kim Ye-eun (December 1, 2025). "박보검·이준호에 아이유·윤아…'에이판 스타 어워즈', 치열한 트로피 경쟁 예고" [Park Bo-gum, Lee Jun-ho, IU, Yoona… 'Apan Star Awards' anticipates fierce trophy competition]. Xports News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 1, 2025.

[2] Kim Won-hee (December 1, 2025). "박보검 VS 이준호, '에이판 스타 어워즈'서 맞붙는다" [Park Bo-gum and Lee Jun-ho to Face Off at the A-Pan Star Awards]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 1, 2025.

[3] @idolchamp1 (November 29, 2025). ✨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬✨ 드디어 대망의 결선! APAN 현재 순위를 함께 살펴볼까요🔎 [✨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 ✨ Finally, the final round! Let's take a look at APAN's current rankings. 🔎] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved December 3, 2025 – via Twitter.

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