Park Bo-gum and IU confirmed for 10th Anniversary Asia Artist Awards 2025, showcasing their acclaimed performances in 'Otsukaresama.'
August/25/2025 12:29
Park Bo-gum and IU will reunite at the '10th Anniversary Asia Artist Awards 2025' (hereafter '10th Anniversary AAA 2025'). Today (25th), '10th Anniversary AAA 2025' released the first lineup of actors. Park Bo-gum and IU's participation has been confirmed. Park Bo-gum played Yang Gwang-sik in the Netflix series 'Otsukaresama,' a topic of discussion in the first half of this year, delivering deep emotions with an unprecedented character. IU played Oh Esung and Yang Geum-myeong in 'Otsukaresama,' enhancing the immersion in the work with her wide range of emotional acting and excellent understanding of the characters. IU delicately portrayed the characters' emotions, showcasing irreplaceable acting and receiving acclaim. This awards ceremony, hosted by Star News and organized by the AAA organizing committee (Chairman Park Jun-cheol), MOTIVE PRODUCTION (CEO Cho Hyun-woo), and D-SOW, will be held over two days on December 6 for the '10th Anniversary AAA 2025' awards ceremony and December 7 for the festival 'ACON 2025.' At '10th Anniversary AAA 2025,' 2PM's Junho and IVE's Wonyoung will serve as MCs. Additionally, 'ACON 2025' will be hosted by Lee Jun-young (UKISS's Jun), (G)I-DLE's Shuhua, CRAVITY's Allen, and KiiiKiii's Sui. The awards ceremony was initially scheduled to be held at the Rakuten Taoyuan Baseball Stadium in Taiwan but has been moved to the Kaohsiung National Stadium. This large venue can accommodate 55,000 people, allowing artists and fans to come together.
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