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If You're A Real Hallyu Fan, You Cannot Miss These Year End Award Shows

Song Joong-Ki or Lee Jong Suk?

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If you love everything Korean, then you'll already be pumped for the end of year Hallyu award season!

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'Descendants of the Sun,' 'Doctors,' 'Love in the Moonlight,' 'Weightlifting Fairy,'... There are just so many amazing shows!

And now they'll get the recognition they deserve ;)

Are you excited to watch your favourite K-drama, actors, and actresses take home the big wins this year?

With Park Bo Gum hosting the KBS Drama Awards again, you know it's going to be a night to remember! Plus Song Hye Kyo will be attending for the first time in 12 years :O

It's been an amazing year for K-dramas with the epic 'Descendants of the Sun' from KBS taking the whole world by storm, as well as SBS' 'Scarlet Heart' and 'Legend of the Blue Sea.' And of course, we can't forget 'W-Two Worlds' and 'Weightlifting Fairy' from MBC ^o^

Take note of the dates:

2016 MBC Drama Awards (LIVE)
Oh!K, Ch 394
Dec 30 (Fri), 8.30pm

2016 KBS Drama Awards
KBS World Ch 391 & 392 (HD)
Jan 3 (Tue), 10.00pm

2016 SBS Drama Awards
ONE HD Ch 393
Jan 7 (Sat), 3.15pm

After 7 years on-air, you already know 'Running Man' will be saying the final goodbye in February 2017 :(

Fri-nay :( It has just been announced that Running Man will be officially gone in February 2017. No new seasons either :(

We've been with the show for 7 years and we are not ready to say goodbye yet.

Posted by Chingu 친구 on Friday, 16 December 2016

This is going to be the last time we see SBS' 'Running Man' members together at an awards ceremony since they announced the show will be ending early next year. ㅜ.ㅜ

Meanwhile, we're looking forward to seeing the cast of 'The Return of Superman' at the KBS Entertainment Awards and 'Infinite Challenge' at the MBC Entertainment Awards. >_<

Catch the action here:
2016 MBC Entertainment Awards (LIVE)
Oh!K, Ch 394
Dec 29 (Thurs), 8.30pm

2016 KBS Entertainment Awards
KBS World Ch 391 & 392 (HD)
Jan 1 (Sun), 10.30am

2016 SBS Entertainment Awards
ONE HD Ch 393
Jan 1 (Sun), 3.15pm

And of course, you know the music awards are going to be huge with all the amazing K-pop acts performing live

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B.A.P, BTS, Infinite, SISTAR, and EXID are just a handful of the massive names set to take the stage and our hearts just can't handle the excitement!

On top of that, the 2016 SBS Music Festival is tipped to be bigger than ever. It looks like this year's major onstage collaborations are going to feature the top 12 up-and-coming idol groups... that's a total of 91 Idols performing together! Get ready to watch KNK, HALO, MOMOLAND, WJSN, and more go head-to-head at the Gayo Daejun.

2016 SBS Gayo Daejun
ONE HD Ch 393
Dec 31 (Sat), 3.15pm

2016 MBC Korean Music Festival (LIVE)
Oh!K, Ch 394
Dec 31 (Sat), 7.45pm

2016 KBS Song Festival
KBS World Ch 391 & 392 (HD)
Jan 1 (Sun), 1.20pm

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