15th Korea Drama Awards

15th Korea Drama Awards
15th Korea Drama Awards
Awarded by	Korea Drama Festival Organizing Committee; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; South Gyeongsang Province; Jinju;
Date	October 12, 2024
Site	Gyeongnam Culture and Arts Center, Grand Performance Hall, Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Hosted by	Lee Sang-min; Oh Jung-yeon;
Official website	Korea Drama Awards
Highlights
Best Drama Serial	Queen of Tears
Grand Prize (Daesang)	Lee Hanee
Television coverage
Network	Seokyeong Broadcasting; Korea Drama Festival YouTube channel;

The 15th Korea Drama Awards is an awards ceremony for excellence in television in South Korea. It was held on October 12, 2024, as an event of the Korea Drama Festival at Gyeongnam Culture and Arts Center, Grand Performance Hall, Jinju.^[1] It was hosted by Lee Sang-min and Oh Jung-yeon.^[2]

Nominations and winners

The nominations were announced on October 11, 2023, for the dramas of all genres airing domestically from October 2023 to September 2024.

Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Grand Prize (Daesang)	Best Drama
Lee Hanee – Knight Flower Kim Soo-hyun – Queen of Tears Byeon Woo-seok – Lovely Runner Kim Ji-won – Queen of Tears Jo Jung-suk – Captivating the King Ji Sung – Connection	Queen of Tears (tvN)
Top Excellence Award, Actor	Top Excellence Award, Actress
Im Si-wan – Boyhood Kim Soo-hyun – Queen of Tears Byeon Woo-seok – Lovely Runner Ji Chang-wook – Welcome to Samdal-ri Ahn Bo-hyun – Flex X Cop Ji Sung – Connection	Jung Ryeo-won – The Midnight Romance in Hagwon Kim Ji-won – Queen of Tears Park Min-young – Marry My Husband Park Bo-young – Daily Dose of Sunshine Shin Hye-sun – Welcome to Samdal-ri Lee Se-young – The Story of Park's Marriage Contract
Excellence Award, Actor	Excellence Award, Actress
Ji Seung-hyun – Korea–Khitan War Lee Yi-kyung – Marry My Husband Nam Joo-hyuk – Vigilante Jang Ki-yong – The Atypical Family Wi Ha-joon – The Midnight Romance in Hagwon Cha Eun-woo – Wonderful World	Go Min-si – Sweet Home 2 Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner Jung Eun-ji – Miss Night and Day Park So-dam – Death's Game Claudia Kim – The Atypical Family Jin Ki-joo – Uncle Samsik
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Baek Seo-hoo – Miss Night and Day Lee Si-woo – Boyhood Lee Seung-hyub – Lovely Runner Lee Jong-won – Knight Flower	Kang Hye-won – Boyhood Lee Joo-bin – Queen of Tears Kang Mi-na – Welcome to Samdal-ri
Hot Star Award (Male)	Hot Star Award (Female)
Byeon Woo-seok – Lovely Runner Kim Soo-hyun – Queen of Tears Rowoon – The Matchmakers Cha Eun-woo – Wonderful World	Kim Ji-won – Queen of Tears Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner Kim Yoo-jung – My Demon Kim So-hyun – Serendipity's Embrace
Best Couple	Global Star Award
Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won – Queen of Tears Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner Song Kang and Kim Yoo-jung – My Demon Chae Jong-hyeop and Kim So-hyun – Serendipity's Embrace	Kim Soo-hyun – Queen of Tears Kim Ji-won – Queen of Tears Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner Byeon Woo-seok – Lovely Runner Cha Eun-woo – Wonderful World
Best OST Award	Hot Icon Award
"More Than Enough" (Kim Tae-rae (Zerobaseone)) – Queen of Tears "Destiny" (Seungmin) – The Midnight Studio "Way Home" (Kim Soo-hyun) – Queen of Tears "Sudden Shower" (Byeon Woo-seok) – Lovely Runner	Park Jae-chan D.O. Cha Eun-woo Lee Jun-ho
Lifetime Achievement Award	KDF Award
Byun Hee-bong	Kim Yoon-seo Lee Ga-ryeong

References

↑ "코리아드라마페스티벌". 코리아드라마페스티벌 (in Korean). Retrieved August 4, 2025.
↑ "2024 Korea Drama Awards winners list: Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Ji Won, Byeon Woo Seok and others". Hindustan Times. October 12, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
↑ "'밤에 피는 꽃' 이하늬, '코리아 드라마 어워즈' 대상 영예". m.entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 4, 2025.
↑ "PLEXON | 코리아 드라마 어워즈 공식 드라마 차트". plex-on.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 4, 2025.
↑ 2024 코리아드라마어워즈 (Full Ver.) [2024 Korea Drama Awards (Full Ver.)] (in Korean). Korea Drama Festival. October 12, 2024. Event occurs at 3:23:10. Retrieved October 21, 2024 – via YouTube.

External links

KDA at Daum (in Korean)

[1] "코리아드라마페스티벌". 코리아드라마페스티벌 (in Korean). Retrieved August 4, 2025.

[2] "2024 Korea Drama Awards winners list: Kim Soo Hyun, Kim Ji Won, Byeon Woo Seok and others". Hindustan Times. October 12, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2025.

[3] "'밤에 피는 꽃' 이하늬, '코리아 드라마 어워즈' 대상 영예". m.entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 4, 2025.

[4] "PLEXON | 코리아 드라마 어워즈 공식 드라마 차트". plex-on.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 4, 2025.

[5] 2024 코리아드라마어워즈 (Full Ver.) [2024 Korea Drama Awards (Full Ver.)] (in Korean). Korea Drama Festival. October 12, 2024. Event occurs at 3:23:10. Retrieved October 21, 2024 – via YouTube.

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