16th K-Drama Awards Winners: The 2025 Kings & Queens of K-Drama!
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Celebrating the best in Korean television and the night's biggest victories, we cover everything you need to know about K-drama's biggest night!
The 16th K-drama awards took place on the evening of October 11, 2025, and no K-drama awards event would be complete without a star-studded red carpet guest list. In this article, we will focus on the top winners, the winning movie, and the best scene awards.
Top winner
Ahn Jae-wook won the Grand Prize (Daesang) for For Eagle Brothers, which most K-drama fans expected to happen!
Major Acting Awards
This category is where things heat up, as some of the winners were not expected to take home any awards, whereas others were at the top of their game. Let's check them out!
Best Actor: Yook Sung-jae - The Haunted Palace
Best Actress: Park Bo-young - Our Unwritten Seoul
Excellence Awards: Lee Hyun-wook & Bona
Newcomers of the Year: Choo Young-woo, Heo Na-jun, Chung Su-bin, Hong Hwa-yeon
OST & Scene Awards
Best OST: Young Tak - Unknown Life
Scene-Stealers: Lee Hae-young & Lee Ho-jung
Villain of the Year: Oh Jung-se - Good Boy
Special Honors
Lifetime Achievement: Kim Yong-rim
Best Drama: Our Movie
A great thing about awards shows is that fans get to vote for their top dramas and actors throughout the year! Fans were pleased to hear that big stars like Park Bo-gum, which seems to be on every billboard and coffee shop advertisement these days, became one of the night's breakout stars.
K-drama fans have also expressed their praise for Yook Sung-jae, who had an unexpected win at the 16th K-drama awards, taking home the "Best Actor". Byeon Woo-seok’s double win in popularity categories had fans buzzing about his growing global stardom and about how far he has come as an actor on the big screen. Park Bo-young’s Best Actress win and Hyeri & Chung Su-bin’s couple award were both widely celebrated by K-drama fans as well as the Dojeon Media team, especially for their emotional impact and representation in Our Unwritten Seoul.
In your eyes, who was the star who missed out on an award? And why? Comment below and let the Dojeon team know!