9th Korea Drama Awards

The 9th Korea Drama Awards (Korean: 코리아 드라마 어워즈) is an awards ceremony for excellence in television in South Korea. It was held at the Gyeongnam Culture and Art Center in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province on October 7, 2016.^[1][2][3] The nominees were chosen from Korean dramas that aired from October 2015 to September 2016.

9th Korea Drama Awards
Date	October 7, 2016
Site	Gyeongnam Culture and Art Center, Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province
Hosted by	Kim Sae-ron Oh Sang-jin
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Nominations and winners

(Winners denoted in bold)

Grand Prize (Daesang)	Best Drama
Kim So-yeon - Happy Home Kim Rae-won - The Doctors Park Shin-yang - My Lawyer, Mr. Jo Song Joong-ki - Descendants of the Sun	Descendants of the Sun (KBS2) The Doctors (SBS) Signal (tvN) Six Flying Dragons (SBS)
Best Production Director	Best Screenplay
Kim Jin-min - Marriage Contract Kim Won-seok - Signal Lee Byung-hoon and Choi Jeong-kyu - The Flower in Prison Shin Kyung-soo - Six Flying Dragons	Noh Hee-kyung - Dear My Friends Kim Eun-hee - Signal Kim Eun-sook - Descendants of the Sun Kim Tae-hee - A Beautiful Mind
Top Excellence Award, Actor	Top Excellence Award, Actress
Ahn Jae-hyun - Cinderella with Four Knights Jang Hyun-sung - The Doctors So Ji-sub - Oh My Venus Yoo Seung-ho - Remember	Baek Jin-hee - My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol Kim Hyun-joo - I Have a Lover Park Shin-hye - The Doctors Seo Hyun-jin - Another Oh Hae-young
Excellence Award, Actor	Excellence Award, Actress
Jo Jae-yoon - Descendants of the Sun Lee Seo-jin - Marriage Contract Park Bo-gum - Love in the Moonlight Park Hae-jin - Cheese in the Trap	Park Se-young - My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol Han Ye-seul - Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist Hwang Jung-eum - Lucky Romance Jin Se-yeon - The Flower in Prison
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Seo Ha-joon - The Flower in Prison Ahn Jae-hong - Reply 1988 Kim Min-seok - Descendants of the Sun Lee Dong-hwi - Reply 1988	Kim Sae-ron - Mirror of the Witch Kim Go-eun - Cheese in the Trap Lee Hye-ri - Reply 1988 Nana - The Good Wife
Best Original Soundtrack	Special Jury Prize
"It's Okay Because I Am A Mom" (Insooni) - My Mom [ko] "Don't Worry Dear" (Lee Juck) - Reply 1988 "Tell Me" (Soyou) - Lucky Romance "You Are My Everything" (Gummy) - Descendants of the Sun	So Yoo-jin - Five Enough
Lifetime Achievement Award	Hallyu Star Award
Im Dong-jin - The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War	Han Seung-yeon - Hello, My Twenties!
Hot Star Award	Star of the Year Award
Lee Ki-woo - Memory	Kim So-yeon - Happy Home
Global Star Award	Global Management Award
Ahn Jae-hyun - Cinderella with Four Knights	Moon Bo-mi