Korea wins four Asia Broadcast awards

Official logo of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union 47th General Assembly [Offical ABU site]

Korea won four top honors at the 47th Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) award ceremony on Tuesday, in a competition against over 172 radio and television programs from 25 countries.

According to the official ABU site, Korea won the Radio Infotainment Prize for the "At Cheongju Women's Correctional Institution" segment on MBC's radio show "Women's Generation" and took the TV Drama prize for MBC's historical series "The Great Queen Seondeok," which starred actress Ko Hyun-jung.

Also, KBS' variety program "Qualifications of Men - 101 Things to do Before Death," starring Lee Gyeong-gyu, Kimg Kuk-jin, Kim Tae-won, Lee Yun-seok, Kim Seong-min, scored the TV Entertainment Prize and EBS' "Cockroach" received the TV Documentary Prize.

The ABU Prizes Awards ceremony, which was held on the first day of the 47th ABU General Assembly, took place at NHK Hall in Tokyo, acknowledging the best in radio and television which aired during the past year in the Asia-Pacific region.

The ABU is a non-profit, non-government association of broadcasting organizations which was established in 1964 to develop broadcasting and organize activities amongst its members in the Asia-Pacific region.

The organization has over 194 members from 57 countries and reaches out to about three billion people.