BoA Invited to Taiwanese Award Ceremony for Second Straight Year

Pan-Asian star BoA, 19, was invited to the 16th Golden Melody Awards, the largest Taiwanese music award ceremony, for the second straight year.

At the ceremony, which will be held May 28 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, BoA will perform her hit songs “My Name” and “Spark.”

"The Golden Melody Awards is the Taiwanese equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Last year, Korean artists who attended the ceremony included BoA, Kang Ta and TVXQ. They were all invited this year as well, but Kang Ta will be unable attend because he is filming the drama 'Loveholic,' and TVXQ is busy promoting their new album in Japan," said BoA’s agency on May 25.

BoA will leave for Taiwan on May 27 and return to Korea on May 29 to prepare for the release of her fifth album slated for late June. BoA’s planning agency said the singer’s new album will contain foreign melodies collected at the Midem International Music Fair and songs written by composers who wrote for her previous album, including songwriter Hwang Sung-jae.

from:KBS Global News...

The KBS TV2 drama ¡°Full House,¡± starring Rain and Song Hye-gyo, has recorded the highest viewer ratings in the Philippines among all Asian television dramas that have been shown in that country since 2003. The Filipino ratings survey agency ¡°AGB Philippines¡± said ¡°Full House¡± recorded an average daily rating of 42.3 percent.

¡±Full House¡± aired in the Philippines from February to April on GMA, Philippines¡¯ ground-wave broadcaster, recording a rating of 30.2 percent for the first episode and reaching 50.5 percent on April 17.

According to AGB Philippines, seven Korean television dramas have made it onto the list of top-10 Asian dramas shown in the country so far (including re-runs). Aside from ¡°Full House,¡± which set the record, other KBS dramas such as ¡°Autumn Fairy Tale¡± and ¡°Winter Sonata¡± were also popular with Filipino audiences.

KBS was the first to export Korean dramas to the Philippines in July of 2003, and has since been exporting its programs to the country continuously. ¡°KBS Media has been exporting KBS programs to Japan, China, Taiwan and now the Philippines as well. We plan to continue to expand our exports in the future as well as sustain the ¡®hallyu¡¯ boom,¡± said a person from KBS.

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