Ha Jung-woo, Lee Jun-ho, Tiffany Young to be Golden Disc Awards presenters
Actor Ha Jung-woo, 2PM's Lee Jun-ho and Girls Generation's Tiffany Young will be presenting awards at the 38th Golden Disc Awards, the ceremony's organizers said Monday.
Ha will present Album of the Year, and Lee will present Digital Song of the Year. Tiffany Young will also present an award, but the organizing committee did not specify which trophy.
It will be Ha's first time joining the Golden Disc Awards as an awards presenter and Lee's second time presenting the grand prize award after he presented Digital Song of the Year at the 37th Golden Disc Awards, held in Bangkok in January.
Tiffany Young has a long history of participating in the Golden Disc Awards, as she has won major awards at the ceremony — Rookie of the Year, Album of the Year and Digital Song of the Year as a member of Girls Generation.
The trio from the hit Korean web comedy show "Psick Show," Lee Yong-ju, Jeong Jae-hyung and Kim Min-soo, will also join the Golden Disc Awards, doing a special comedy skit at the ceremony.
The Golden Disc Awards, which the JoongAng Group hosts, is considered one of Korea's most prestigious music awards ceremonies with the first event dating back to 1986. The 38th Golden Disc Awards will be held at the Jakarta International Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 6.
Many hot and trending K-pop artists of 2023 will be joining and performing at the upcoming Golden Disc Awards, including SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, ZEROBASEONE, NewJeans, IVE, LE SSERAFIM and many more.
Celeb Confirmed, the Korea JoongAng Daily's entertainment news and community platform, is also running various events for international fans to celebrate the annual awards ceremony, offering prizes, including a ticket to the ceremony and accommodation in Jakarta, near the event venue. Guidelines on how to participate can be found on Celeb Confirmed's website.
To find out more about the Golden Disc Awards, visit Celeb Confirmed!
BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]