Winners of 2025 APAN Star Awards are being announced live now, with the official opening of the ceremony at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. The event brings together some of the biggest names in Korean dramas for an evening celebrating excellence across broadcast, cable, OTT, and web platforms.
The only fully integrated drama awards show in South Korea, the APAN Star Awards, will honour content to be released from November 2024 to October 2025. The event started one hour ago, and the winners are being revealed category after category; fans worldwide are keeping a close eye on the live updates.
The 2025 에이판 스타 어워즈 photo wall event kicked off in style, setting the tone for a star-studded night of glamour before the actual ceremony even got underway. Nearly every guest brought their A-game on the red carpet, but one star stood above the rest: IU. The singer-actress wore a breathtaking white dress with rose-like lace appliques meant to resemble falling petals. The whimsical outline instantly made her resemble a beauty queen and marked her as one of the most talked-about stars of the evening, before the actual ceremony had even kicked off.
If there is any one narrative that has defined the 2025 SeoulCon APAN Star Awards so far, it is the overwhelming success of When Life Gives You Tangerines. In addition to IU’s Grand Prize, the drama picked up acting awards for Lee Jun-young and Kim Tae-yeon, attesting to the strength of its cast across generations. Its consistent awards-season recognition is a testament both to its critical acclaim and emotional impact on viewers.
Other remarkable productions are also impressing audiences tonight. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty had a strong win tonight, as Lee Chae-min won Best New Actor. Meanwhile, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call keeps showing its strength, with Ha-young winning Best New Actress. Typhoon Family won in some important categories, including Best Screenwriter and Male Top Excellence Award, which proved its longevity among long-form viewers.
Here are the winners of the 11th APAN Star Awards.
Winners of 2025 APAN Star Awards
Best New Actor
Lee Chae-min for Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
Kang You-seok for Resident Playbook and When Life Gives You Tangerines
Best New Actress
Ha-young for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and Face Me
Popularity Star Award – Actor
Lee Jun-ho
Best Child Actor
Kim Tae-yeon for When Life Gives You Tangerines
Lee Cheon-mu for When Life Gives You Tangerines
Male Top Excellence – Mid-Length Drama / Miniseries
Lee Jun-ho for Typhoon Family
Female Top Excellence – Mid-Length Drama / Miniseries
Cha Joo-young – The Queen Who Crowns
Best Drama
When Life Gives You Tangerines
Male Excellence – Mid-Length Drama
Lee Jun Young for When Live Gives You Tangerines
Female Excellence – Mid-Length Award
Shin Ye-eun for The Murky Stream and A Hundred Memories
DAESANG / Grand Prize
IU for When Life Gives You Tangerines
Best Director
Kim Won-seok for When Life Gives You Tangerines
Best Screenwriter
Jang Hyun-sook for Typhoon Family
Best OST
Kim Young-woong for Heavenly Ever After
Best Couple Award
Lee Hyeri & Jung Soo-bin for Friendly Rivalry
Popularity Star Award – Actress
Kim Hye-yoon
Global Star Award
Lee Jun-ho
Best Entertainer
Cha Eun-woo
Female Acting Award
Oh Na-ra for Villains Everywhere, The Nice Guy
Kim Shin-rok for Undercover High School, Tastefully Yours
Male Acting Award
Ko Kyu-pil for Genie, Make a Wish and Twelve
Yoon Kyung-ho for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
Female Excellence – Long-Form Drama
Park Eun-hye for Marie and Her Three Daddies
Male Excellence – Long-Form Drama
Kim Dong-wan- For Eagle Brothers
Male Top Excellence – Long-Form Drama
Son Chang-min for Good Luck!
Female Top Excellence – Long-Form Drama
Park Ha-na for My Merry Marriage
Male Excellence – Short Drama / Web Drama
Park Sung-woong for A Head Coach’s Turnover
Female Excellence – Short Drama / Web Drama
Park Ha-sun for A Love That’s Completely Useless and Psychopath Yeo Soon-jeong
Asia Star Award
Chung Su-bin
Jinyoung
Congratulations to all the 2025 SeoulCon APAN Star Awards winners
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