| Edition (Year) | Award | Winner(s) | Title of Award-Winning Reporting | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10th (2025) |
Excellence Award |
LEE Myung-deok, LEE So-jeong, KIM Hyo-jun, and HWANG Jeong-yeon (BTN Buddhist TV producer, writer, and cinematographer) |
Return of Gwanwoldang: Opening the Door to 100 Years | Link |
| Excellence Award |
OH Ye-jin, MAENG Seo-hyeon, LIM Myeong-hui, and AHN Hyo-jin (KBS Chuncheon producer and writers) |
Documentary Exchange Journey 1945 | Link | |
| Excellence Award |
ISHIAI Tsutomu (Asahi Shimbun Editorial Writer) |
“To the Scene! A Dream Entrusted to the Joseon Tongsinsa” | Link | |
|
9th (2024) |
Grand Prize | SEO Hyun-jung, KO Kyung-seok, NAM Bo-ra, YANG Seung-jun, LEE Sang-moo, KIM Kyung-jun, SHIN Eun-byul, KIM Hyung-jun, and MOON Jae-yeon (Reporters, Hankook Ilbo) |
“Korea and Japan Face Off and now Face Each Other: Korea-Japan Relations at a New Crossroads” | Link |
| Excellence Award | KINOSHITA Daisuke (Former Seoul Bureau Correspondent, Tokyo Shimbun) |
“Japanese Musician Connects Japan and Korea: Moving to Seoul, Spreading Rock, and Introducing Japanese Popular Songs” and 7 other articles | Link | |
| 8th (2023) | Grand Prize | NARIKAWA Aya (Columnist; Research Fellow, Institute for Japanese Studies, Dongguk University) |
Articles on Korea-Japan relations published from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023, including JoongAng Sunday’s “Narikawa Aya’s ‘A Closer Look at Japan’” and contributions to Leaders Prism | Link |
| Excellence Award | HONG Soohyun and KIM Seungbeom (Reporter and Video Journalist, Jeju MBC) |
[Special Series] 100 Years of the Jeju–Osaka Ferry Service (eight installments; first report aired on June 5, 2023) | Link | |
| 7th (2022) | Grand Prize | PARK Jong-eon (Reporter, Mind Post) |
Special Feature on Korea-Japan Relations] “Redesigning Korea-Japan Relations through Solidarity in Weakness” | Link |
| Excellence Award | SEO Tae-gyo (Reporter, The New Stance) |
“An Excessive Preoccupation with ‘Japan’: Questioning the Japanese Media’s Coverage of the South Korean Presidential Election” (October 12, 2021), and other articles on Korea-Japan relations contributed to The New Stance and Yahoo Japan from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022 | Link | |
| 6th (2021) | Grand Prize | The Dong-A Ilbo: PARK Hyung-jun (Tokyo Bureau Chief, International News Department), KIM Bum-seok (Tokyo Correspondent, International News Department), LEE Heon-jae (Deputy Editor, Sports Department), and JANG Taek-dong (Editorial Writer, Editorial Board) | [The Dong-A Ilbo & The Asahi Shimbun Joint Feature] “My Memories of Korea and Japan” | |
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The Asahi Shimbun: SONOYAMA Fumiaki (Deputy Editor, International News Department), SHIMIZU Daisuke (Reporter, International News Department), OBU Toshiya (Reporter, International News Department), and NAKANO Akira (Editorial Writer, Editorial Board) |
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| Special Award | HORIYAMA Akiko (Seoul Bureau Chief, The Mainichi Shimbun) |
“The Comfort Women Issue and 30 Years of Japanese Diplomacy: Returning to the Starting Point of Restoring Honor” | JPN KOR |
