SEOUL: South Korea has awarded one of its highest cultural honors to rapper Psy for taking the world by storm with his “Gangnam Style” hit.
The culture ministry announced on Tuesday that the 34-year-old singer, whose real name is Park Jae-Sang, would receive the Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit, awarded for “outstanding meritorious services” to the arts.
“Psy has been chosen to be decorated for not only being a long-term artist, but also for advertising Gang-nam widely and increasing the world’s interest in Korea,” a culture ministry official told Agence France-Presse.
Psy has rocketed to international fame since his “Gangnam Style” video—in which he performs his now famous horse-riding dance—went viral after being posted on YouTube in July.
“Gangnam Style”, which is a tribute to an upmarket neighborhood in Seoul, has since racked up more than 654 million views, making it the second most-watched YouTube video of all time, behind Canadian teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber’s “Baby”, on 796 million.
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