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Order of Cultural Merit (South Korea)

South Korean order of merit

South Korean order of merit

FieldValue
titleOrder of Cultural Merit
awarded_by
typeOrder of merit
forOutstanding meritorious services in the fields of culture and art in the interest of promoting the national culture and national development.
statusActive
gradesGeumgwan
Eungwan
Bogwan
Okgwan
Hwagwan
higherGrand Order of Mugunghwa
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The Order of Cultural Merit () is one of South Korea's orders of merit. It is awarded by the President of South Korea for "outstanding meritorious services in the fields of culture and art in the interest of promoting the national culture and national development."

Grades

The Order of Cultural Merit is conferred in five grades.

GradeNameRibbon
1stGeumgwan ()[[File:ROK Order of Cultural Merit Geum-gwan (1st Class) ribbon.PNG100pxcenter]]
2ndEungwan ()[[File:ROK Order of Cultural Merit Eun-gwan (2nd Class) ribbon.PNG100pxcenter]]
3rdBogwan ()[[File:ROK Order of Cultural Merit Bo-gwan (3rd Class) ribbon.PNG100pxcenter]]
4thOkgwan ()[[File:ROK Order of Cultural Merit Og-gwan (4th Class) ribbon.PNG100pxcenter]]
5thHwagwan ()[[File:ROK Order of Cultural Merit Hwa-gwan (5th Class) ribbon.PNG100pxcenter]]

Recipients

Geumgwan (Gold Crown), 1st Class

  • Myung-whun Chung, 1996
  • Shin Sang-ok, 2006
  • Nam June Paik, 2007
  • Yu Hyun-mok, 2009
  • Park Wan-suh, 2011
  • Youn Yuh-jung, 2021
  • Song Hae, 2022 (posthumous)
  • Lee Jung-jae, 2022
  • Hwang Dong-hyuk, 2022
  • Sumi Jo, 2023
  • Lee Soon-jae, 2025 (posthumous){{cite web|url=https://www.korea.kr/briefing/pressReleaseView.do?newsId=156731325|title=정부, 고(故) 이순재 배우에게 금관문화훈장 추서|website=Korea.kr|language=ko
  • Kim Ji-mee, 2025 (posthumous)
  • Ahn Sung-ki, 2026 (posthumous)

Eungwan (Silver Crown), 2nd Class

  • Martina Deuchler, 1995
  • Kim Duk-soo, 2007
  • Lee Mi-ja, 2009
  • Kun-Woo Paik, 2010
  • Lee Soo-man, 2011
  • Shin Young-kyun, 2011
  • , 2011
  • Kim Ki-duk, 2012
  • Kim Soo-hyun, 2012
  • Kim Ku-lim, 2017
  • Cho Yong-pil, 2013
  • , 2013
  • Ahn Sung-ki, 2013
  • Patti Kim, 2013
  • , 2014
  • Song Hae, 2014
  • Choi Bul-am, 2014
  • Lee Soon-jae, 2018
  • Kim Min-ki, 2018
  • Bong Joon-ho, 2019
  • Kim Hye-ja, 2019
  • Yang Hee-eun, 2019
  • Ryu Je-dong, 2020
  • Go Doo-shim, 2020
  • Byun Hee-bong, 2020
  • Yoon Hang-gi, 2020
  • Han Cheol-hee, 2021
  • , 2021
  • Lee Choon-yeon, 2021
  • Park Chan-wook, 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=2022112415223249781|title= 박찬욱 감독·고 강수연 배우, 은관문화훈장 수훈|trans-title=Director Park Chan-wook and late actress Kang Soo-yeon received the Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit|language=ko|date=2022-11-24|website=Busan Daily |access-date=December 8, 2022}}
  • Kang Soo-yeon, 2022
  • Kim Hae-sook, 2025

Bogwan (Precious Crown), 3rd Class

  • Hai-Kyung Suh, 1980
  • Yanagi Sōetsu, 1984
  • Park Chan-wook, 2004
  • Park Jeong-ja, 2007
  • Shin Goo, 2010
  • Go Eun-jung, 2010
  • , 2010
  • Shin Jung-hyeon, 2011
  • , 2011
  • , 2011
  • Lee Ho-jae, 2011
  • Na Moon-hee, 2012
  • Song Chang-sik, 2012
  • Choi Eun-hee, 2014
  • , 2014
  • , 2014
  • Kadir Topbaş, 2014
  • Kim Young-ok, 2018
  • Im Ha-ryong, 2020
  • Song Jae-ho, 2021
  • Park In-hwan, 2021
  • Noh Hee-gyeong, 2021
  • Song Kang-ho, 2022
  • Park Jin-sook, 2022
  • Huh Young-man, 2022
  • Lee Byung-hun, 2025
  • Jung Dong-hwan, 2025

Okgwan (Jeweled Crown), 4th Class

  • Kang Soo-yeon, 1987
  • Moon So-ri, 2002
  • Choi Min-sik, 2004 — Choi Min-sik returned the decoration badge in 2006, protesting large cuts in support programs for the arts programs of the Korean government.
  • Lee Byung-hoon, 2006
  • Jeon Do-yeon, 2007
  • Anthony Graham Teague, 2008
  • Park Jae-sang (Psy), 2012
  • Lee Jung-jin, 2012
  • Jo Min-su, 2012
  • Song Kang-ho, 2019
  • Kwon Ji-yong, 2025
  • Maggie Kang, 2025

Hwagwan (Flower Crown), 5th Class

  • Ji-young Kim, 1998
  • Bae Yong-joon, 2008
  • BTS, 2018: Kim Nam-joon (RM), Kim Seok-jin (Jin), Min Yoon-gi (Suga), Jung Ho-seok (J-Hope), Park Ji-min (Jimin), Kim Tae-hyung (V) and Jeon Jung-kook (Jungkook)
  • O Yeong-su, 2019
  • Choi Soo-jung, 2024

Class unknown

  • Samuel Martin, 1994

Notes

References

Bibliography

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