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The South Korean media outlet OSEN exclusively reported that the MBC Entertainment Awards has been re-scheduled to premiere on Lunar New Year. Earlier the award ceremony was cancelled due to the Jeju Air Plane disaster incident. According to the publication, the event was originally scheduled to take place on December 29, 2024, the same day as the aviation accident.
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Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation joined the national mourning till January 4, in memory of the victims who lost their lives in the Jeju Air Flight 2216 plane crash.
MBC Entertainment Awards will reportedly be held by the end of January 2025
Earlier, the MBC Entertainment Awards were scheduled to take place on December 29, 2024, at MBC Public Hall in Seoul, South Korea. It was to be hosted by Jun Hyun-moo, Lee Hye-ri, and Lee Jang-woo.
Now the 30th-anniversary award ceremony will reportedly take place by the end of January to coincide with the Lunar New Year Holidays. Similar to MBC Drama Awards 2024, the MBC Entertainment Awards will be premiered in a pre-recorded format.
Korean Lunar New Year, also known as Seollal, will be commemorated on January 29, 2025. It normally takes place in January or February every year. It is to be noted that it is considered one of the major holidays in South Korea and is celebrated with close ones, including family, friends, and close acquaintances.
The MBC Drama Awards premiered on January 5, 2025, at 5:10 pm Korean Standard Time. It was a pre-recorded ceremony. The event was held on December 30, 2024, and scheduled for broadcast on the same day. However, the broadcast was canceled due to the Jeju Air Crash incident.
MCB Entertainment Awards is an annual award ceremony sponsored by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. It is usually held by the end of the year and honors the talented artists who have contributed to the South Korean entertainment industry substantially during the last year.
At the 2023 MBC Entertainment Awards, the South Korean comic creator Kian84 bagged the Grand Prize (Daesang) for the entertainment program I Live Alone. It featured 542 episodes and has been on air since 2013.
For those unversed, MBC, or Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. It was established on December 2, 1961. Its terrestrial operations have an overall nationwide network of seventeen regional stations. It has its headquarters situated in Digital Media City (DMC), Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea.
