Order of Cultural Merit (South Korea)
The Order of Cultural Merit () 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." Grades The Order of Cultural Merit is conferred in five grades. Recipients Geumgwan (Gold Crown), 1st Class Myung-whun Chung, 1996 Shin Sang-ok, 2006 Nam June Paik, 2007 Yu Hyun-mok, 2009 Park Wan-suh, 2011 Youn Yuh-jung, 2021 Song Hae, 2022 (posthumous) Lee Jung-jae, 2022 Hwang Dong-hyuk, 2022 Eungwan (Silver Crown), 2nd Class Martina Deuchler, 1995 Lee Mi-ja, 2009 Kun-Woo Paik, 2010 Lee Soo-man, 2011 Shin Young-kyun, 2011 Ha Chun-hwa, 2011 Kim Ki-duk, 2012 Kim Soo-hyun, 2012 Kim Ku-lim, 2017 Cho Yong-pil, 2013 Gu Bong-seo, 2013 Ahn Sung-ki, 2013 Patti Kim, 2013 Park Jung-ran, 2014 Song Hae, 2014 Choi Bul-am, 2014 Lee Soon-jae, 2018 Kim Min-ki, 2018 Bong Joon-ho, 2019 Kim Hye-ja, 2019 Yang Hee-eun, 2019 Ryu Je-dong, 2020 Go Doo-shim, 2020 Byun Hee-bong, 2020 Yoon Hang-gi, 2020 Han Cheol-hee, 2021 Lee Jang-hee, 2021 Lee Choon-yeon, 2021 Park Chan-wook, 2022 Kang Soo-yeon, 2022 Bogwan (Precious Crown), 3rd Class Hai-Kyung Suh, 1980 Yanagi Sōetsu, 1984 Park Chan-wook, 2004