Order of Cultural Merit (South Korea)

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]

This article is on the Korean order. For the Japanese order, see Order of Culture.
Order of Cultural Merit
Awarded by  South Korea
TypeOrder of merit
Awarded forOutstanding meritorious services in the fields of culture and art in the interest of promoting the national culture and national development.
StatusActive
GradesGeumgwan
Eungwan
Bogwan
Okgwan
Hwagwan
Precedence
Next (higher)Grand Order of Mugunghwa
Related
Korean name
Hangul
문화훈장
Hanja
文化勳章
Revised RomanizationMunhwa Hunjang
McCune–ReischauerMunhwa Hunjang

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

Hwagwan (Flower Crown), 5th Class

Class unknown

Notes
  1. In addition to the group, each member received the award individually.[20]

References
  1. "Awards and Decorations Act". Act No. 11690 of March 23, 2013.(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.
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  12. "야나기 무네요시 전". 디자인정글 (in Korean). Design Jungle. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
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  15. "'Old Boy' Returns Medal in Screen Quota Protest," Chosun Ilbun (ROK). February 7, 2006.
  16. "Culture Ministry to Award Medal to Actress Jeon". Hancinema. June 28, 2007.
  17. "Bong Joon-ho, Song Kang-ho Decorated for Cultural Merit". HanCinema. December 27, 2019.
  18. "Korean National Ballet, Principal Dancers" Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Korean National Ballet website. retrieved 2012-11-27
  19. Han Sang-hee. "Bae Receives National Order of Culture Merit," Korea Times (ROK). October 19, 2008, retrieved 2011-04-22
  20. Kim, Seong-jin (October 24, 2018). "[ARTICLE] "Korea popular Culture and Art Award" BTS the youngest recipient to receive Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit. "We will continue to spread the culture of Korea" - '대중문화예술상' 방탄소년단, 최연소 화관문화훈장 "韓 문화, 세계에 알리겠다"". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  21. Yoon, Min-sik (October 8, 2018). "BTS to get medal for spreading Korean culture: presidential office". The Korea Herald. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  22. Yrigoyen, Charles et al. (2005). Historical dictionary of Methodism, p. 176., p. 176, at Google Books
  23. Martin, Samuel Elmo. ( 1996). Consonant Lenition in Korean and the Macro-Altaic Question, p. 168., p. 168, at Google Books

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