The 16th iteration of the Korea Drama Awards is an awards ceremony for excellence in television in South Korea. It was held on October 11, 2025, as an event of the Korea Drama Festival at Gyeongnam Culture and Arts Center, Grand Performance Hall, Jinju.
Nominations and winners The nominations were announced on August 27, 2025, for the dramas of all genres airing domestically from October 2024 to September 2025.
Grand Prize (Daesang) Best Drama Ahn Jae-wook – For Eagle Brothers Our Movie Doubt When Life Gives You Tangerines Resident Playbook The Tale of Lady Ok Our Unwritten Seoul Good Boy The Haunted Palace Love Scout Tastefully Yours Buried Hearts When the Phone Rings Top Excellence Award, Actor Top Excellence Award, Actress Yook Sung-jae – The Haunted Palace Kang Ha-neul – Squid Game 2 / Squid Game 3 / Tastefully Yours Park Bo-gum – When Life Gives You Tangerines / Good Boy Park Hyung-sik – Buried Hearts / Twelve Ahn Jae-wook – For Eagle Brothers Yoo Yeon-seok – When the Phone Rings Park Bo-young – Our Unwritten Seoul Lee Se-young – What Comes After Love / Motel California IU – When Life Gives You Tangerines Lim Ji-yeon – The Tale of Lady Ok Chae Soo-bin – When the Phone Rings Han Ji-min – Heavenly Ever After / Love Scout Excellence Award, Actor Excellence Award, Actress Lee Hyun-wook – Shark: The Storm / The Queen Who Crowns Park Jin-young – The Witch / Our Unwritten Seoul Lee Jun-young – Melo Movie / When Life Gives You Tangerines / Weak Hero Class 2 / Pump Up the Healthy Love Park Ji-hoon – Weak Hero Class 2 Jung Joon-won – Resident Playbook Choi Woo-shik – Melo Movie Kim Ji-yeon – The Haunted Palace Kim So-hyun – Good Boy Go Youn-jung – Resident Playbook Lee Hye-ri – Friendly Rivalry Cha Joo-young – The Queen Who Crowns Han Ji-eun – When the Stars Gossip / Study Group Best New Actor Best New Actress Choo Young-woo – The Tale of Lady Ok / Head over Heels Heo Nam-joon – When the Phone Rings / When the Stars Gossip Kang Yoo-seok – Resident Playbook / When Life Gives You Tangerines / Law and the City Kim Min-kyu – Bitch x Rich Ryeoun – Namib / History of Scruffiness / Weak Hero Class 2 Bae Na-ra – Weak Hero Class 2 / Tastefully Yours Chung Su-bin – Friendly Rivalry Hong Hwa-yeon – Buried Hearts / Tastefully Yours / I Am a Running Mate Kim Eun-bi – Our Movie Roh Jeong-eui – The Witch / Crushology 101 Shin Si-a – Resident Playbook Chae Won-bin – Doubt Hot Star Award (Male) Hot Star Award (Female)Byeon Woo-seokChung Su-bin Best Couple Global Star AwardLee Hye-ri and Chung Su-bin - Friendly RivalryByeon Woo-seok Best OST Award Multi-tainer AwardYoung Tak – “Unpredictable Life” for For Eagle BrothersPark Jae-chan Lifetime Achievement Award Villain AwardKim Yong-rimOh Jung-se - Good BoyScene Stealer Award (Female)Lee Ho-jung
References
External links KDA at Daum