{
  "id": 19115891,
  "title": "CJ Group Vice Chairwoman Miky Lee Receives Lifetime Achievement Medal from Asian Hall of Fame",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/cj-group-vice-chairwoman-miky-lee-receives-lifetime-achievement-medal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T08:08:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Korea IT Times",
    "slug": "korea-it-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=158958"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Miky Lee, vice chairwoman of CJ Group, has been awarded the prestigious Centennial Medal of Lifetime Achievement by the Asian Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place in Los Angeles on Nov. 5, 2026, honoring Lee for her decades-long efforts to promote Korean culture and expand its global reach in entertainment.\n\nLee's significant contributions have been recognized since 1995, when CJ invested in Hollywood studio DreamWorks SKG, marking a crucial step in the company's expansion beyond Korea. In 1998, CJ opened CGV Gangbyeon, Korea's first multiplex cinema, transforming the country's moviegoing experience and setting the stage for an integrated entertainment business.\n\nOver her three-decade career, Lee has played a pivotal role in connecting Korea with the international entertainment industry through film, music, and television. Her support for Korean filmmakers, including her executive production of Bong Joon-ho's \"Parasite,\" earned her recognition at the 2020 Academy Awards, where the film made history as the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture.\n\nBeyond cinema, Lee has expanded Korean popular culture through platforms like Mnet's MAMA AWARDS and KCON, international music and cultural festivals that showcase K-pop and Korean lifestyle content. CJ's global strategy now also emphasizes supporting international creative collaboration and developing new intellectual properties, fostering opportunities for Asian creators to produce and share their stories worldwide.\n\nLee Soo-man, a key producer at A2O Entertainment and inductee of the Asian Hall of Fame in 2025, praised Lee as \"the godmother of K-culture\" and emphasized her role in the global rise of Korean culture. Lee herself highlighted the importance of culture and its ability to shape society, urging the next generation to dream beyond the limits they once thought impossible. Her lifetime achievement award underscores CJ's commitment to a sustainable global ecosystem for Korean and Asian content.",
  "summary": "Miky Lee, vice chairwoman of CJ Group, has received a prestigious lifetime achievement award from the Asian Hall of Fame in recognition of her decades-long efforts to promote Korean culture and expand the global presence of Korean entertainment.CJ ENM announced on Nov. 9 that Lee received the Centennial Medal of Lifetime Achievement at the 2026 Asian Hall of Fame ceremony, held in Los Angeles on…",
  "key_points": [
    "Miky Lee awarded Centennial Medal of Lifetime Achievement by Asian Hall of Fame.",
    "Lee's efforts promoted Korean culture globally through entertainment.",
    "Lee's contributions span film, music, TV, and international festivals like MAMA AWARDS."
  ],
  "editors_take": "This lifetime achievement award validates a decades-long strategy of integrating Korean entertainment into the global mainstream through strategic Hollywood investments and the promotion of international cultural festivals.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}