The ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards’ will be canceled due to the plane crash.

MBC announced on the 30th, “We express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families of the plane crash that occurred on the 29th. “To share our condolences with the nation who is deeply saddened by this accident, the live broadcast of the ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards’ scheduled to be held today, Monday, December 30th at 8:40 PM has been canceled and will be replaced with a recorded broadcast.

They continued, explaining, “This decision was made out of a desire to commemorate the victims and share the pain of their families. “We ask for your generous understanding. We will provide detailed information about the recording broadcast schedule and the winners announcement method at a later date.”

Lastly, he paid tribute by saying, “I pray for the souls of the victims to rest in peace, and once again express my deepest condolences to their bereaved families.”

At approximately 9:03 am on the 29th, a Jeju Air passenger plane from Bangkok, Thailand crashed and exploded at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province. There were 181 people on board the plane, including 179 South Korean nationals and 2 Thai nationals. 179 people died, excluding the 2 who were rescued. The government designated a seven-day period from today until January 4th of next year as a national mourning period in relation to the Jeju Air accident.


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Notice of Cancellation of the ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards

We express our deepest condolences to the victims and their bereaved families from the passenger plane crash that occurred yesterday.

To share our condolences with the nation grieving over this accident, we hereby inform you that the live broadcast of the <2024 MBC Drama Awards> scheduled for 8:40 PM today, Monday, December 30th has been canceled and will be replaced with a recorded broadcast.

This decision was made out of a desire to commemorate the victims and share the pain of their families. We ask for your generous understanding, and we will provide detailed information about the recorded broadcast schedule and the winner announcement method later.

We pray for the souls of the victims to rest in peace, and once again, we express our deepest condolences to the bereaved families.

Thank you.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com