Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards

The Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards is an annual South Korean government-run awards ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Korea Creative Content Agency. The ceremony, which was first held in 2010, "honor[s] those who have made a contribution to contemporary pop culture and the arts, including actors, singers, comedians and models."

Categories
There are four categories of awards:


 * Order of Cultural Merit (문화훈장)
 * Presidential Commendation (대통령표창)
 * Prime Minister's Commendation (국무총리표창)
 * Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Commendation (문화체육관광부장관표창)

The Order of Cultural Merit is considered to be a higher honor than the commendations.

Award recipients
† - posthumously awarded

Most awarded
The following award recipients have received multiple honors:
 * BTS (2)
 * Choi Yang-rak (2)
 * EXO (2)
 * Kim Soo-hyun (2)
 * Namkoong Min (2)
 * Shin Dong-yup (2)
 * Shinee (2)
 * Yoo Jae-suk (2)
 * Youn Yuh-jung (2)