PENTAGON, Im Soo Hyang, Lee Yoo Ri, And More Win Big At 2018 Korea Culture And Entertainment Awards

Nov 30, 2018

On November 28, the Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards honored some of this year’s biggest achievements in Korean entertainment and popular culture!

The annual award ceremony, which took place in Seoul at 4 p.m. KST, recognized the accomplishments of various executives in the entertainment industry, as well as entertainers in a number of fields.

This year’s recipients of the K-Pop Artist Award included PENTAGON, Golden Child, Weki Meki, LABOUM, APRIL, Shaun, and Jang Deok Cheol.

PENTAGON later wrote on Twitter, “Thanks to the overflowing love of our UNIVERSE [PENTAGON’s official fan club], we were given the honor of receiving the K-Pop Artist Award at the 2018 Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards today!”

They went on to add, “We will become a PENTAGON that repays [your love] with even cooler performances in the future! We are always thankful. We love you.”

[📷] 20181128 @ 2018 대한민국문화연예대상

우리 유니버스의 넘치는 사랑 덕분에 오늘 2018 대한민국 문화연예대상에서 K-POP 가수상을 수상하는 영광을 안았습니다! 🥰🏆
앞으로도 더 멋진 무대로 보답하는 펜타곤이 되겠습니다! 항상 감사합니다 🙇‍♂️ 사랑해요❤️#펜타곤 #PENTAGON pic.twitter.com/i7va6xVqja

— PENTAGON·펜타곤 (@CUBE_PTG) November 28, 2018

Golden Child also shared photos of themselves with their trophy and wrote, “Golden Child ended up receiving the honor of the K-Pop Artist Award at the 26th Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards. Golden Child worked hard this year, and our Goldenness [Golden Child’s official fan club] always remained by our side. Let’s continue to happily walk together for tens of thousands of years.”

[#Golden_Child] 제26회 대한민국문화연예대상에서 우리 금둥이👶🏻들이 케이팝 본상🏆의 영광을 누리게 됐습니다😌
올 한 해 동안 고생한 골든차일드.
그리고 늘 함께 있어준 골드니스❤️
우리 앞으로도 천년만년 행복하게 함께 걸어요🥳 pic.twitter.com/i4tHhjPKG7

— GoldenChild (골든차일드) (@GoldenChild) November 28, 2018

LABOUM expressed their excitement through their own message of gratitude, writing, “We received an award! We will become a LABOUM that works even harder in the future. Thank you.”

[#라붐] 저희 상받았어요✌💕
더 열심히 하는 라붐이 되겠습니다😊 감사합니다❤#대한민국_문화연예대상 #KPOP부문 pic.twitter.com/JEbipFnj52

— LABOUM 라붐 (@officialLABOUM) November 29, 2018

Rookie groups 14U, Lip Bubble, LUCENTE, and HeyGirls received the 2018 Best New K-Pop Artist Award, while AlphABAT took home the EMN Rising Star Award.