PD of the Year Award, EBS Min Jeonghong and Kim Jiwon PD

At the 35th Korea PD Awards, the PDs of the Year award was given to Min Jeonghong and Kim Jiwon, who directed EBS's 'Literacy Kindergarten' and 'Your Literacy+,' the Korea PD Association announced on the 18th.

EBS PDs Kim Ji-won and Min Jeong-hong, winners of this year's PD Award (from left)
[Photo by EBS]

In the TV category of the Works Award, the winners were MBC Gyeongnam's 'Adult Kimjangha' (Current Affairs/Documentary), KBS's '100 People's Reading Show - Elegant and Lonely Urban Garden' (Culture/Information), MBC's 'World Tour Because I Was Born' (Entertainment), JTBC's 'The Youngest Son of a Conglomerate' (Drama), KNN's 'A Thousand Years of Memory' (Regional Regular), KBS Chuncheon’s 'Sea Fog' (Regional Special), and 'Breaking Through the World Season 1' (Independent Production).

In the radio category of the Works Award, the winners were YTN FM's 'Im Sewon Memorial Documentary' (Current Affairs/Culture/Drama), CBS's 'School Singer - After School Music Class' (Music/Entertainment), YTN FM's 'Gyeongseong Radio' (Special), Ulsan MBC's 'After Work Talk Talk Give and Take' (Regional Regular), and TBN Gyeongnam's 'Two Women, Never Tired' (Regional Special).

In the digital content category of the Works Award, EBS's lecture program 'Great Class, Great Minds' was honored. The Experimental Spirit Award, recognizing pioneering spirit, went to SBS Special's 'Escape Room Project - Gomson Cafe' in the TV category and KBS's 'Station Z' in the radio category.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to SBS PD Jang Kyungsoo, who spent a year in the Siberian tundra in 2021 producing the documentary 'Guardians of the Tundra.' The Performer Award was given to the group IVE, singer and actor Lee Seunggi, comedian Ahn Youngmi, broadcaster Jeon Hyunmoo, and Bae Sungjae.

The Writer Award was awarded to Shin Jinju and Jeong Munmyeong, writers of SBS TV's 'Unanswered Questions,' and Lee Bun-nam, writer of CBS Radio's 'Let's Meet at 12 with Lee Sooyoung.'

The Korea PD Awards, hosted by the Korea PD Association, recognize PDs and broadcasters who have contributed to free press and social and cultural development through broadcasting, with current PDs participating in the judging. The awards ceremony will be broadcast recorded on the 26th at MBC.

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