Variety show host Kang Ho-dong won the 2009 KBS Entertainment Grand Prix for the second consecutive year in an award ceremony held at the KBS New Hall on Saturday.
The 39-year-old raised viewer ratings of his show, "One Night Two Days", by nearly 40 percent, beating his rivals,
Yoo Jae-seok and Lee Kyung-gyu, who also have entertainment programs.
Ms. Park Mi-sun, 42, snatched the top prize in the show/entertainment division, and Park Sung-ho, 36, won in the comedy division.
Oh Na-mi and Huh Kyung-hwan were honored with the best rookie awards in the female and male comedian division, respectively, while Kim Shin-young and Chun Hyun-moo received the best rookie of the year award in the female and male entertainment show division, respectively.
The other sectional winners at the KBS Entertainment Grand Prix for 2009 are
▲TV Writer in Comedy Paek Sung-woo (comedy Gag Concert)
▲TV Writer in Show/Entertainment Chung Han-wook( National Singing Contest)
▲Best Idea Award Miss Kang at Backstage (comedy Gag Concert)
▲Best Entertainer Award ...
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"Crossing", a harrowing tale about a North Korean family's desperate struggle to survive, screened at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. last week. Those in attendance included House International Relations Committee specialists Dennis Halpin and Doug Anderson, Peter Beck, executive director of the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea,
Kim Sung-min, a former N.K. refugee and close to 100 foreign journal...
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"Crossing", a South Korean film based on true accounts of North Korean defectors, was held at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The audience included House International Relations Committee specialists Dennis Halpin and Doug Anderson, Peter Beck, executive director of the U.S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea,
Kim Sung-min, a former North Korean refugee and head of Free North Korea Radio, and 100 foreign journalists.
The film is about a North Korean father who crosses the border to China in search of food, leaving his ailing wife and 11-year-old son behind. After reaching South Korea, he desperately tries to bring his family out of North Korea, but his wife dies from ...
MoreOn Monday afternoon, a film depicting the misery and challenges faced by North Korean refugees was screened for an audience at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
"Crossing" was shown as part of North Korea Freedom Week, a series of events organized by the North Korea Freedom Coalition (NKFC), a union of American groups concerned with human rights in North Korea.
About 100 people attended the screening, including congressional staffers such as House International Relations Committee specialists Dennis Halpin and Doug Anderson; Peter Beck, executive director of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea;
Kim Sung-min, a former North Korean refugee and head of Free North Korea Radio; Shimada Yoichi, a representative of an association for Japanese victims of North Korean abductions and a professor of international relations at ...
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