CJ Group’s Miky Lee Hailed as ‘Godmother of K-Culture’ as She Receives Asian Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Medal

Miky Lee, vice chair of Korea’s CJ Group, was handed the Asian Hall of Fame’s Centennial Medal of Lifetime Achievement in Los Angeles. K-pop pioneer Lee Soo-man did the honors. Lee Soo-man, the SM Entertainment founder who is now key producer at A2O Entertainment, reminded the audience that Miky Lee had introduced him at the […] CJ’s Miky Lee received the Asian Hall of Fame’s lifetime achievement medal in Los Angeles from Lee Soo-man, who dubbed her the godmother of K-culture. Miky Lee, vice chair of Korea’s CJ Group, was handed the Asian Hall of Fame’s Centennial Medal of Lifetime Achievement in Los Angeles.

K-pop pioneer Lee Soo-man did the honors. Lee Soo-man, the SM Entertainment founder who is now key producer at A2O Entertainment, reminded the audience that Miky Lee had introduced him at the same event a year earlier and called him the godfather of K-pop. “Well, tonight, I’d like to return the favor,” he said. “If I am the godfather of K-pop, then Miky Lee is the godmother of K-culture.” The Asian Hall of Fame gives the medal to inductees it sees as people of strong character who have raised the bar in their industries, made a cultural mark