[OSEN] "National actor" Ahn Sung-ki died on the 5th. He was 74.
On the 5th, Ahn Sung-ki's agency Artist Company said, "Actor Ahn Sung-ki died at 9 a.m. on Jan. 5, 2026, at the age of 74."
The funeral will be held as a film industry funeral under the auspices of the Shin Young-kyun Arts and Culture Foundation and The Korea Film Actors Association, and four people—honorary funeral committee chair Shin Young-kyun; director Bae Chang-ho; The Korea Film Actors Association chair Lee Gap-seong; Shin Eon-sik, acting head of the Shin Young-kyun Arts and Culture Foundation—will serve as co-chairs to oversee the funeral. Also, colleagues at Artist Company and junior film figures Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woosung will serve as pallbearers to see the deceased off on the final journey.
Ahn Sung-ki's memorial altar will be set up in Room 31 of the funeral hall at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, and the funeral will be held strictly at 6 a.m. on the 9th. The burial site is Byeolgeurida, Yangpyeong.