
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
The Korean Broadcasting System's (KBS) hit miniseries "Hong Gil Dong" won the Best Television Product award at the 2008 Roma Fiction Fest Saturday.
The Roma Fiction Fest, which started last year, is an annual event dedicated to Italian and international television fiction. It is divided into five competitive categories: Television Movies, Miniseries, Continuing series, Documentaries for Television and Docu-dramas, and Pitching. "Hong Gil-dong" won the Best Television Product in the miniseries section while KBS won the award for Best Producer and Broadcaster.
"Hong Gil Dong" first aired last January with Kang Ji-hwan as the Korean version of Robin Hood and Seong Yoo-ri, former member of pop group Fin.K.L, as the heroine.
Aiming to be the first "comical epic drama", the miniseries became popular with its dazzling action scenes and experimental scenes, including an episode where Gisaeng, or traditional female entertainers, dance to techno music...|
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