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Hong Ra-hee, honorary director of the Leeum Museum of Art and mother of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, received the Dongbaek Medal, the third-highest grade of Korea's Order of Civil Merit, for her cultural contributions, as reported by the Korea Times on October 26, 2026. This recognition was part of a broader government ceremony that honored 36 artists and cultural figures, including posthumous awards to poets Yun Dong-ju and Kim Nam-jo, who received the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit, the highest cultural honor, according to KBS World and the Korea Times. Korean media coverage focuses on the significance of these awards, highlighting Hong Ra-hee's role in promoting art and the recognition of literary figures, though no specific public reactions from blogs or cafés were included in the supplied documents.