
Awarded the grand prize for a documentary highlighting the international solidarity of the May 18 Democratization Movement
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The Korea Broadcasting Awards is an awards ceremony that celebrates Broadcasting Day every year and selects works and broadcasters who conveyed the public value of terrestrial broadcasting and contributed to the development of broadcasting.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Jin-ri = At this year's Korea Broadcasting Awards ceremony, KBS Gwangju Broadcasting General Bureau's special documentary 'Looking for the Sender' for the 46th anniversary of May 18 won the grand prize.
On the 3rd, the Korea Broadcasters Association held the 53rd Korean Broadcasting Awards ceremony held at the MBC Public Hall in Mapo-gu, Seoul and announced the grand prize winners.
‘Finding the Sender’ is about the process of tracking down the sender of the ‘Long live the Republic of Korea, long live democracy’ telegram that arrived at the Red Cross in Los Angeles (LA) immediately after the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement.
It received high praise from the judges for discovering historical facts of international solidarity related to May 18 and contributing to the spread of democratic solidarity, such as discovering new mass blood donation demonstrations by Koreans in Los Angeles at the time of May 18 and the testimonials of Marion Pope, a nurse at Gwangju Christian Hospital.
In addition, awards were given to 30 films in 24 categories, including the MBC drama 'Judge Lee Han-young' and the SBS entertainment show 'Our Ballad', and to 20 people in 19 individual categories, including singer Lim Young-woong and actor Heo Nam-joon.
The Korea Broadcasting Awards is an awards ceremony that celebrates Broadcasting Day (September 3) every year and selects works and broadcasters who conveyed the public value of terrestrial broadcasting and contributed to the development of broadcasting.

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