Moving and 12.12: The Day win big at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards

The Baeksang Arts Awards this year was again a star-studded affair. It saw some of South Korea’s biggest celebrities including Song Joong-ki, Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Seon-ho grace the event. 

The 60th edition of the annual awards show, hosted by Park Bo-gum, Suzy and Shin Dong-yup saw plenty of first-time winners across multiple categories.

The big winners

Four-time nominee Namkoong Min bagged his first Best Actor award for his role in the historical-romantic series My Dearest (2023). It also took home Best Drama, while Mask Girl (2023) scored a double in the Supporting Actor & Actress categories.

South Korean series Moving emerged as the night’s biggest winner in the TV category — as it was awarded Best Screenplay, Best New Actor (Lee Jung-ha) and the coveted daesang (Grand Prize).

The honours were shared in the film category between the historical action film 12:12: The Day (2023) and supernatural thriller Exhuma (2024), with 3 wins each.

Kim Go-eun received her first Baeksang accolade for her role as a shaman in the highly-rated occult film, while co-star Lee Do-hyun won Best New Actor on his big screen debut.

Lee, who is currently still in military service, was probably the evening’s biggest scene-stealer as he donned his military uniform. He, too, gave a mention of his actress-girlfriend Lim Ji-yeon in his acceptance speech.

A night of firsts

It was also a night of firsts for two K-pop artists with BIBI winning Best New Actress for her role in the movie Hopeless (2023). IVE’s An Yu-jin also received the most votes in the Popularity Award (Female).

Queen of Tears’ star Kim Soo-hyun, who missed out on the Best Actor award, was the other winner in the fan-voted Popularity Award.

See below for a summarised list of Baeksang winners:

TV

Grand Prize – Moving
Best Drama – My Dearest
Best Director – Han Dong-wook (The Worst of Evil)
Best Actor  – Namgoong Min (My Dearest)
Best Actress – Honey Lee (Knight Flower)
Best Supporting Actor – Ahn Jae-hong (Mask Girl)
Best Supporting Actress – Yeom Hye-ran (Mask Girl)
Best New Actor – Lee Jung-ha (Moving)
Best New Actress – Yoo Na (The Kidnapping Day)

Film

Grand Prize – 12.12: The Day
Best Film – 12.12: The Day
Best Director – Jang Jae-hyun (Exhuma)
Best Actor – Hwang Jung-min (12.12: The Day)
Best Actress  – Kim Go-eun (Exhuma)
Best Supporting Actor – Kim Jong-soo – (Smugglers)
Best Supporting Actress – Lee Sang-hee – (My Name Is Loh Kiwan)