Kim Go-eun and Park Ji-hyun deliver again... 'Eun-jung and Sang-yeon' wins Grand Prize at the 2026 Global OTT Awards

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Actors Kim Go-eun and Park Ji-hyun's series 'Eun-jung and Sang-yeon' has once again been recognized for its artistic merit.

The Netflix series 'Eun-jung and Sang-yeon', produced by Kakao Entertainment (co-CEOs Ko Jung-hee and Jang Yoon-jung, hereinafter Kakao Entertainment), was honored with the Best Create award, the top prize at the 2026 Global OTT Awards held on the 20th.

With this win, Kakao Entertainment has secured the top prize for two consecutive years, following last year's 'I Was Caught in a Sweet Trap'.

The Global OTT Awards, an official event of the 2026 Korea International Streaming Festival (KISF 2026), selected winning works across a total of 19 categories, including 14 competitive categories and 5 invited categories, featuring streaming content from around the world. At this year's awards ceremony, which saw a record-breaking 231 entries, 'Eun-jung and Sang-yeon' proudly won the Best Creative award.

'Eun-jung and Sang-yeon' had previously swept major awards, including the Drama Work Award and Screenplay Award at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards, and the Drama Category at the 38th Korean Broadcasting Writers Awards.

The Netflix series 'Eun-jung and Sang-yeon' (directed by Jo Young-min, screenplay by Song Hye-jin, produced by Kakao Entertainment) tells the story of two friends, Eun-jung and Sang-yeon, who have been entangled throughout their lives, loving and admiring each other at every moment, yet also feeling jealousy and hatred. It was first released last September. With a screenplay that deeply portrays the diverse emotions and friendship of the two friends, a directorial vision filled with sensory visuals and a warm perspective, and outstanding performances by actors Kim Go-eun, Park Ji-hyun, and Kim Geon-woo who vividly express the characters' emotional arcs, the series conveyed profound emotion to audiences worldwide, ranking fifth among Netflix's global non-English series TOP 10 at the time of its release.

Kakao Entertainment's Video Business Division Head Jang Se-jeong, who took the stage to accept the award, said, "I would like to thank writer Song Hye-jin for her beautiful script, director Jo Young-min for his delicate and warm direction, actors Kim Go-eun and Park Ji-hyun who portrayed Eun-jung and Sang-yeon, along with other cast members and staff. I also extend my sincere gratitude to my Kakao Entertainment colleagues who made this drama possible, to our best producer and friend, PD Choi, and to Netflix. We will strive to create even better dramas in the future so that we can return to Busan again."

Kakao Entertainment is also planning to unveil a variety of well-made new works in the second half of this year. The Netflix series 'The Boy at the Very End', set to be released on the 26th, has drawn high expectations with the participation of trusted actors Choi Min-sik and Choi Hyun-wook, and is directed by Kim Gyu-tae, known for 'Trunk', 'Our Blues', and 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'. In addition, the network plans to release various works across different genres and themes, including the new MBC Friday-Saturday drama 'Married Woman Killer', which will premiere on July 31, the Netflix series 'Vole', and the Netflix film 'Cross 2'.

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