Order of Cultural Merit (Korea)

Order of Cultural Merit
Awarded by  South Korea
Type Order of merit
Awarded for Outstanding meritorious services in the fields of culture and art in the interest of promoting the national culture and national development.
Status Active
Grades Geumgwan
Eungwan
Bogwan
Okgwan
Hwagwan
Precedence
Next (higher) Grand Order of Mugunghwa
Related
Korean name
Hangul 문화훈장
Hanja 文化勳章
Revised Romanization Munhwa Hunjang
McCune–Reischauer Munhwa Hunjang

The Order of Cultural Merit (Hangul: 문화훈장) is one of South Korea's orders of merit. It is awarded by the President of South Korea for "outstanding meritorious services in the fields of culture and art in the interest of promoting the national culture and national development."[1]

Grades

The Order of Cultural Merit is conferred in five grades.[2]

Grade Name Ribbon
1st Geumgwan (금관)
2nd Eungwan (은관)
3rd Bogwan (보관)
4th Okgwan (옥관)
5th Hwagwan (화관)

Recipients

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Geumgwan (Gold Crown), 1st Class

Eungwan (Silver Crown), 2nd Class

Bogwan (Precious Crown), 3rd Class

Okgwan (Jeweled Crown), 4th Class

  • Choi Min-sik, 2004[10] — Choi Min-sik returned the decoration badge in 2006, protesting large cuts in support programs for the arts programs of the Korean government.[12]
  • Kim Dong-joo, 2004[10]
  • Young-Key Kim-Renaud, 2006.[13]
  • Park Jae-sang (PSY), South Korean musician, 2012

Hwagwan (Flower Crown), 5th Class

Class unknown

Notes

  1. ↑ "Awards and Decorations Act". Act No. 11690 of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date. (in English and Korean) Korea Legislation Research Institute. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  2. ↑ "훈장과 포장" [Orders and Medals]. Decorations of the Republic of Korea (in Korean). Ministry of Interior and Safety. 2015. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  3. ↑ Askonas Holt, Myung-Whun Chung, biography; retrieved 2011-05-10
  4. ↑ "Nation honors late video artist Paik Nam-june a year after death," Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (ROK). February 1, 2007, retrieved 2011-04-22
  5. ↑ Lee Hyo-won. "Late Film Director Yu to Get National Order of Culture Merit," Korea Times (ROK). June 29, 2009, retrieved 2011-04-22
  6. ↑ Jang, Sung-eun. "Beloved Korean Novelist Dies At 80," Wall Street Journal (US). January 26, 2011.
  7. ↑ Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 1997 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies; retrieved 2011-05-31
  8. ↑ "Kun Woo Paik is awarded Order of Merit," Archived 2011-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. ICA International Classical Artists (UK). 3 December 2010, citing "Pianist Paik Kun-woo honored," Korea Herald (ROK). 2 November 2010, retrieved 2011-04-22
  9. ↑ "야나기 무네요시 전". 디자인정글 (in Korean). Design Jungle. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 "`Old Boy' to Receive Order of Cultural Merit," Han Cinema (ROK). July 25, 2004, retrieved 2011-04-22
  11. ↑ "Kadir Topbaş'a Kore devlet nişanı verildi" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  12. ↑ "'Old Boy' Returns Medal in Screen Quota Protest," Chosun Ilbun (ROK). February 7, 2006.
  13. ↑ "President Rho Confers the Order of Merit on the Korean Alphabet Day," George Washington University website (US). November 11, 2006, retrieved 2011-04-22
  14. 1 2 "Korean National Ballet, Principal Dancers" Korean National Ballet website. retrieved 2012-11-27
  15. ↑ Han Sang-hee. "Bae Receives National Order of Culture Merit," Korea Times (ROK). October 19, 2008, retrieved 2011-04-22
  16. 1 2 "BTS To Receive Order Of Cultural Merit From Korean Government soompi.com. retrieved 2018-10-08
  17. ↑ Yrigoyen, Charles et al. (2005). Historical dictionary of Methodism, p. 176., p. 176, at Google Books
  18. ↑ Martin, Samuel Elmo. ( 1996). Consonant Lenition in Korean and the Macro-Altaic Question, p. 168., p. 168, at Google Books

References

  • Korean Overseas Information Service. (1997) A Handbook of Korea, 6th edition. Seoul, Korea: Seoul International Publishing House. OCLC 16013390
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