The winners of the 2025 APAN Star Awards were announced on December 29, 2025. The event took Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.
Kim Seung-woo and Park Sun-young hosted the awards ceremony.
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.
At the award ceremony, IU received the Daesang (Grand Prize) for her exceptional performance in When Life Gives You Tangerines, while the drama was also awarded with title of Best Drama of the Year.
If you are eager to know all the complete APAN Star Awards 2025 Winners List, then scroll through this guide of the National Film Awards.
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2025 APAN Star Awards Popularity Award Winners
Best Entertainer: Cha Eunwoo (of ASTRO)
Actor Popularity Award: Lee Junho
Actress Popularity Award: Kim Hye Yoon
Global Star: Lee Junho
Best Couple: Lee Hyeri and Chung Soo Bin for Friendly Rivalry
Best OST: “More Beautiful than Heaven” by Lim Young Woong for Heavenly Ever After
2025 APAN Star Awards Winners list
Here is the complete list of the APAN Star Awards 2025 winners.
Best New Actor
- Lee Chae Min for Bon Appetit, Your Majesty and Crushology 101
- Kang You Seok for Resident Playbook
Best New Actress
- Ha Young for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and Face Me
- Hong Hwa Yeon for Buried Hearts, I Am a Running Mate and Tastefully Yours
Best Child Actor / Best Young Actor
- Kim Tae Yeon for When Life Gives You Tangerines
- Lee Cheon My for When Life Gives You Tangerines
Top Excellence Award – Actor in a mid-length drama: Lee Junho for Typhoon Family
Top Excellence Award – Actress in a mid-length drama: Cha Joo Young for The Queen Who Crowns
Female Excellence Award (Mid-Length Drama): Shin Ye Eun for The Muky Stream and A Hundred Memories
Male Excellence Award – Mid-length drama: Lee Jun Young for When Live Gives You Tangerines and Pump Up the Healthy Love
Male Acting Award
- Ko Kyu Pil for Twelve and Genie, Make a Wish
- Yoon Kyung Ho for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
Female Acting Award
- Kim Shin Rok for Undercover High School and Tastefully Yours
- Oh Na Ra for The Nice Guys and Villains Everywhere
Female Top Excellence Award – Long-form Drama: Uhm Ji Won for For Eagle Brothers
Male Top Excellence Award – Long-form Drama: Ahn Jae Wook for For Eagle Brothers
Excellence Award – Actor in a Long-form Drama: Seo Ha Joon for The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun
Excellence Award – Actress in a Long-form Drama: Park Eun Hye for Marie and Her Three Daddies
Best Actor – Short Drama / Web Drama: Kim Ki Hyun for No MZ for Old Men and Jun Gun Joo for ‘2024 KBS Drama Special – the road in between’
Best Actress- Short Drama / Web Drama: Park Ha Sun for Psychopath Yeon Sun Jung and Useless Love
Best Director: Kim Won Seok for When Life Gives You Tangerines
Best Screenwriter: Jang Hyun Sook for Typhoon Family
KS Autoplan Asia Star Award: Jinyoung and Chung Soo Bin
KS Autoplan Icon Award: Han Ji Eun
Global Influencer (Overseas): DADA, HUIHUI
Global Influencer (Domestic): KIMPRO, Park Il Seo, Yu Baekhap
Grand Prize / Daesang: IU for When Life Gives You Tangerines
Best Drama / Drama of the Year: When Life Gives You Tangerines
Conclusion
The 2025 APAN Star Awards set the stage for an exciting year-end celebration in Korean Entertainment. As more award shows and festivals follow through December 31, the industry continues to honour outstanding talent, unforgettable performances, and the growing global impact of K-dramas and K-entertainment.
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