The 8th APAN Star Awards has officially announced this year’s ceremony, an award-giving body that recognizes the excellence in South Korea’s television including domestic terrestrial, general, cable, OTT, and web dramas.

The event will be held face-to-face on September 29th at Korea International Exhibition Center, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province with the program proper to be hosted by Kwon Yu-ri and Jung Il-woo.

This year’s candidates were selected from dramas that aired from March 2021 to July 2022, including:

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Drama of the Year

• Netflix’s Squid Game
• MBC’s The Red Sleeve
• JTBC’s My Liberation Notes
• tvN’s Our Blues
• ENA’s Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Web Drama

• Be My Boyfriend
• Mad for Each Other
• Heart.zip
• Would You Like a Cup of Coffee?
• Blue Birthday

Best Director

• Kim Hee-won (Vincenzo)
• Yoo In-sik (Extraordinary Attorney Woo)
• Jung Ji-in and Song Yeon-hwa (The Red Sleeve)
• Han Joon-hee (D.P.)
• Hwang Dong-hyuk (Squid Game)

Best Writer

• Kim Min-seok (Juvenile Justice)
• Noh Hee-kyung (Our Blues)
• Moon Ji-won (Extraordinary Attorney Woo)
• Park Hae-young (My Liberation Notes)
• Jung Hae-ri (The Red Sleeve)

Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries

• Kim Nam-gil (Through the Darkness)
• Namgoong Min (The Veil)
• Song Joong-ki (Vincenzo)
• Lee Junho (The Red Sleeve)
• Lee Je-hoon (Taxi Driver)

Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries

• Kim Tae-ri (Twenty-Five Twenty-One)
• Park Eun-bin (The King’s Affection, Extraordinary Attorney Woo)
• Seo Hyun-jin (Why Her?)
• Shin Min-ah (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, Our Blues)
• Honey Lee (One the Woman)

Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries

• Rowoon (The King’s Affection)
• Son Suk-ku (My Liberation Notes)
• Ahn Hyo-seop (Lovers of the Red Sky, A Business Proposal)
• Jin Sun-kyu (Through The Darkness)
• Choi Woo-shik (Our Beloved Summer)

Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries

• Kim Sejeong (A Business Proposal)
• Kim Ji-won (My Liberation Notes)
• Shin Hyun-been (Hospital Playlist 2, Reflection of You)
• Yoo Sun (Eve)
• Lee Se-young (The Red Sleeve)

Top Excellence Award, Actor in an OTT Series:

• Kim Soo-hyun (One Ordinary Day)
• Yoo Ah-in (Hellbound)
• Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)
• Im Siwan (Tracer)
• Jung Hae-in (D.P.)

Top Excellence Award, Actress in an OTT Series

• Kim Go-eun (Yumi’s Cells)
• Kim Sung-ryung (Political Fever)
• Kim Hye-soo (Juvenile Justice)
• Bae Suzy (Anna)
• Han So-hee (My Name)

Excellence Award, Actor in an OTT Series

• Goo Kyo-wan (D.P.)
• Park Jung-min (Hellbound)
• Park Hae-soo (Squid Game)
• Ahn Bo-hyun (Yumi’s Cells, My Name)
• Oh Young-soo (Squid Game)

Excellence Award, Actress in an OTT Series

• Kim Hyun-joo (Hellbound)
• Lee Yoo-mi (Squid Game, All of Us Are Dead)
• Lee Jung-eun (Juvenile Justice)
• Jung Eun-chae (Anna)
• Han Sun-hwa (Work Later, Drink Now)

Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama

• Uhm Ki-joon (The Penthouse 2 & 3)
• Yoon Si-yoon (It’s Beautiful Now)
• Lee Tae-gon (Love Ft. Marriage And Divorce 2)
• Joo Sang-wook (The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won)
• Ji Hyun-woo (Young Lady and Gentleman)

Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama

• Kim So-yeon (The Penthouse 2 & 3)
• Park Joo-mi (Love Ft. Marriage And Divorce)
• Park Jin-hee (The King of Tears, Lee Bang Won)
• Uhm Hyun-kyung (The Second Husband)
• Choi Myung-gil (Red Shoes)

Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama

• Kang Eun-tak (Young Lady and Gentleman)
• Kim Kyung-nam (Revolutionary Sisters)
• Oh Min-seok (It’s Beautiful Now)
• Cha Seo-won (The Second Husband)
• Han Sang-jin (The All-Round Wife)

Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama

• Park Ha-na (Young Lady and Gentleman)
• So Yi-hyun (Red Shoes)
• Shin Dong-mi (It’s Beautiful Now)
• Lee Ga-ryung (Love Ft. Marriage And Divorce)
• Han Da-gam (The All-Round Wife)

Best Supporting Actor

• Park Ji-hwan (Our Blues)
• Yoon Kyung-ho (My Name)
• Yoon Byung-hee (Vincenzo, Our Blues)
• Choi Young-joon (Our Blues)
• Heo Sung-tae (Squid Game)

Best Supporting Actress

• Kim Shin-rok (Hellbound)
• Kim Ji-hyun (Thirty-Nine)
• Baek Ji-won (Anna, Extraordinary Attorney Woo)
• Lee El (My Liberation Notes)
• Cha Ji-yeon (Taxi Driver)

Male Rookie Award

• Kang Young-seok (Military Prosecutor Doberman, Insider)
• Park Seo-ham (Semantic Error)
• Yoon Chan-young (All Of Us Are Dead)
• Choi Hyun-wook (Racket Boys, Twenty-Five Twenty-One)
• Tang Jun-sang (Move To Heaven, Racket Boys)

Female Rookie Award

• Roh Yoon-seo (Our Blues)
• Park Ji-hoo (All Of Us Are Dead)
• Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game)
• Cho Yi-hyun (School 2021, All Of Us Are Dead)
• Choi Seong-eun (Beyond Evil)

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Congratulations to all the candidates!