BTS surpassed the President, BLACKPINK "played" Lee Min Ho on the most influential Korean people chart in 2021

The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just announced the list of the 10 most influential Koreans in 2021. BTS is one of the notable names.

Accordingly, this result is determined through the votes of 12,500 people over 16 years old from 24 different countries around the world, mainly in Asia, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa.

The voting process was based on 8 different criteria, but the respondents were most interested in experiencing Korean traditional culture (83.4%) and the Korean language (54.5%). .

Here is the list of the 10 most influential Koreans in 2021:

10. Ban Ki Moon

Ban Ki Moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 2007 to December 2016. Currently, he is the co-chair of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA). It is an organization engaged in high-level policy activities, research, communication and technical assistance to the government and the private sector. He came in 10th place in this poll with 1.3% of the vote.

9. Song Joong Ki

Song Joong Ki started his acting career in 2008 in the movie "A Frozen Flower" at the age of 23. Since then, he has starred in dozens of movies and TV shows, the most famous being including "Descendants of the Sun" (2016) and "Vincenzo" (2021). In addition, he has also won more than 30 different awards during his career. The actor born in 1985 ranked 9th with 1.3% of the votes.

8. Song Hye Kyo

8th place belongs to "rude-faced goddess" Song Hye Kyo, with 1.3%. Song Joong Ki's ex-wife began her acting career in 1996 at the age of 14 after w.inning a modeling contest, thereby being cast in a small role in "First Love". Later, she mainly played the main role, resonated throughout Asia with "Autumn in my heart", "All In", "That winter wind", "Descendants of the Sun" or "Now, We Are Breaking" Up".... She has won a total of 27 awards in her career.

7. Bong Joon Ho

Bong Joon Ho is best known as the director of the 2019 Oscar-winning film "Parasite". It is the highest-grossing film in Korean history, as well as the first Korean film to be nominated for and win an a.ward from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Prior to this list, he was also ranked among the world's most influential people by TIME and Bloomberg magazines. He received 1.6% of the vote, ranking 7th on the list.

6. Psy

Psy gained global fame thanks to the super hit "Gangnam Style", which greatly contributed to popularizing Korean culture to millions of people. Currently, he is known as the CEO of the self-founded entertainment company P Nation, which brings together a series of top K-Pop artists such as HyunA, Dawn, Jessi, Crush, and Heize. He received 2.2% of the vote, ranked 6th.

5. Son Heung Min

Son Heung Min is the only athlete on the list. He is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and also captains the South Korean national team. He is currently rated as one of the best soccer players in the world, as well as one of the best Asian players in history. Unsurprisingly, he received 3.6% of the vote and held the 5th place.

4. Lee Min Ho

As the highest ranking actor on this list, Lee Min Ho is arguably the most famous actor in the Korean entertainment industry. His career started in 2003 with a role in "Secret Campus". He became famous throughout Asia thanks to the television blockbuster "Boys Over Flowers" in 2009. Since then he has gone on to star in many other films and series, most notably "The Heirs" " (2013) and "The King: Eternal Monarch" (2020). He came in 4th place in this poll with 4.1% of the vote.

3. BlackPink

BlackPink is the only K-pop g.irl group to make the list. They rank high due to their worldwide popularity. There is no need to explain much about the popularity of the YG girls among Korean and international fans. All of this is evident through high album sales, song downloads and "huge" music video views. They "closed" the Top 3 in the poll with 6.1% of the vote.

2. Moon Jae In

Moon Jae In is the current President of South Korea. He has held this position since 2017. He ranked 2nd on the list with 6.2% of the vote. During his time leading the country, he resonated with many imprints such as meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at inter-Korean summits, making him the third South Korean president in history to do so. this. He advocated peaceful reunification with North Korea. In recent times, he has been praised for many effective decisions to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

1. BTS

The top 1 named the popular b.oy group BTS, far ahead of the second place with 15.1% of the votes. Not only are they the most popular K-pop group in the world, they are also one of the most influential b.oy bands in music history. BTS once appeared on the cover of Time magazine as "Future Generation Leaders" and was dubbed "Pop Princes". BTS was also honored by the magazine in the list of 25 most influential figures on social networks (2017-2019) and 100 most influential figures in the world (2019). In 2021, BTS was appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generation and Culture.

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