Korean Media Reveals Current State Of “2025 MAMA Awards” In Light Of Hong Kong Fire
According to broadcasting industry sources on November 27, the 2025 MAMA Awards production team began holding emergency meetings the previous day after a large-scale apartment fire broke out in Hong Kong on November 26, 2025 (local time).
The disaster-level fire has resulted in dozens of casualties in Hong Kong. The awards ceremony is scheduled to be held over two days on the November 28 and 29 at Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong, which is reported to be about 20 kilometers away from the fire site.
Although the atmosphere is far from appropriate for holding a global K-Pop festival, as the event is set to take place the very next day, reports say that, as of now, whether the ceremony will be canceled is still under discussion. In addition, the appearance of non-Korean actors such as Michelle Yeoh is realistically difficult under the circumstances, and a significant revision of the event’s direction is said to be inevitable.
It has been reported that the production team is currently reorganizing the program and staging, including making urgent changes to the script to include messages of comfort and condolences for the victims. Whether performances by artists who had fire-related stage effects planned will proceed as scheduled is also under discussion due to the lack of time.
The 2025 MAMA Awards will be attended by numerous artists, including Stray Kids, G-DRAGON, TXT, i-dle, IVE, ENHYPEN, ZEROBASEONE, BOYNEXTDOOR, RIIZE, Hearts2Hearts, Cortis, MEOVV, idid, and KickFlip. Some of these artists had already departed on the afternoon of November 26, and more are scheduled to board flights to Hong Kong on November 27. It is now unclear if they will continue their flights.
According to foreign media such as Reuters Hong Kong and Sing Tao Daily, a fire broke out at 2.52 PM on the 26th at Wong Fuk Court, a residential high-rise apartment complex in the Tai Po district of northern Hong Kong. As of early morning on November 27, at least 36 people, including firefighters, have died, and 279 people remain missing as a result of the incident.
