Enjoy the hottest K-idols in the biggest music festivals and awards on Astro
2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards, 2021 KBS Song Festival, 2021 KBS Drama Awards and more
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Catch the hottest Korean music festival, live awards and premiering K-dramas on Astro
- This year end, K-pop fans can enjoy their favourite K-idols and K-stars on Astro via tvN (Ch 395 HD), ONE (Ch 393 HD), KBS World (Ch 392 HD) and also stream anytime On Demand and on Astro GO.
- Fans can look forward to the following live shows:
- ‘2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards’, an awards show hosted by K-idol Lee Hyori, featuring the best of K-pop music. Fans can also enjoy a special appearance by Ed Sheeran, popular singer and songwriter, performance by Wanna One, and more, on 11 December, at 5pm via tvN (Ch 395 HD).
- ‘2021 KBS Song Festival’, featuring performances by popular Korean bands including NCT 2021, Seventeen, Stray Kids, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ENHYPEN, Red Velvet, Aespa, ITZY and more, on 17 December, at 7.35pm via KBS World (Ch 392 HD).
- ‘2021 KBS Drama Awards’, hosted by Kim Sohyun, Lee Dohyun and Sung Sikyung, honouring outstanding TV drama actors and series on 31 December, at 7.35pm via KBS World (Ch 392 HD).
- K-pop fans can also cheer for their favourite K-idols in these exciting awards shows premiering on the same week as Korea:
- ‘2021 SBS Entertainment Awards’, featuring popular K-idols in the entertainment industry, on 25 December, at 4.35pm via ONE (Ch 393 HD).
- ‘2021 KBS Entertainment Awards’, featuring popular KBS stars from the series of Two Days and One Night, Stars’ Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant and more, in the annual year-end entertainment award festival on 30 December, at 7.35pm via KBS World (Ch 392 HD).
- Fans can also binge-watch the hottest K-dramas premiering in December:
- ‘Iris’, Korean action-adventure series, featuring popular K-stars including Lee Byung-Hun, Jeong Jun-Ho, Kim Tae-Hee and more on 7 December, at 9.05pm via KBS World (Ch 392 HD).
- ‘Now, We are Breaking Up’, Korean romantic-drama series, starring Song Hye Kyo, Jang Ki Yong and more on 7 December, at 8.10pm via ONE (Ch 393 HD).
- ‘Penthouse: The Story of 540 Days’, a special episode revealing up-close and personal memories of the popular cast over the 540 days of filming popular K-drama series, The Penthouse, with popular stars such as Eugene, Kim So Yeon, Lee Ji Ah, Uhm Ki Joon and more on 30 December, at 6.55pm via ONE (Ch 393 HD).
- In addition, customers can also look forward to ‘2021 SBS Gayo Daejun’, on 1 January 2022 and ‘2021 SBS Drama Awards’, on 6 January 2022 premiering on ONE (Ch 393 HD).
[Live] Korean Music Festival and Awards
2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards
11 December via tvN (Ch 393 HD)
Red Carpet: 3pm
Award show: 5pm
World’s No.1 K-POP Music Awards, MAMA! The concept is ‘MAKE SOME NOISE’ which expresses the power of music to bring the world together and overcome the boundaries of nation, race, and generation.
2021 KBS Song Festival
17 December, 7.35pm via KBS World (Ch 392 HD)
‘KBS Song Festival’ will feature a list of the hottest K-Pop stars of this year.
2021 KBS Drama Awards
31 December, 7.35pm via KBS World (Ch 392 HD)
The stars who made us laugh and cry for the past year are back! Who will go home with the grand prize?
[Same Week as Korea] Korean Awards
2021 SBS Entertainment Awards
25 December, 4.35pm via ONE (Ch 393 HD)
The 2021 SBS Entertainment Awards is an annual awards ceremony that honours the best of SBS entertainment series broadcasted on SBS Networks. From the crowd favourite ‘Running Man’ to Master In The House’ – who are the cast and crew members who will receive their rightful recognition this year?
2021 KBS Entertainment Awards
30 December, 7.35pm via KBS World (Ch 392 HD)
A celebration with the biggest stars of Korea. It’s a moment to commemorate the entertainers and entertainment shows that have made us smile for the past year.
Premiering K-dramas in December
Iris [Premiere]
7 December, every Tuesday & Wednesday, 9.05pm via KBS World (Ch 392 HD)
Two elite National Security System (NSS) agents, Hyeong-Jun (Lee Byung-Hun) and Sa-Woo (Jeong Jun-Ho), who were sworn blood brothers, both fall for fellow agent Seung-Hee (Kim Tae-Hee). Sa-Woo attempts to suppress his feelings for Seung-Hee and wishes the couple the best.
Now, We are Breaking Up [Premiere]
7 December, every Tuesday & Wednesday, 8.10pm via ONE (Ch 393 HD)
Ha Young Eun works at a top fashion company as the team leader of the design department. Pragmatic to a fault, Young Eun often comes across as cold hearted. Contented with both her work and life, Young Eun has never been bothered by relationships until she met Yoon Jae Guk (Jang Ki Yong), a wealthy freelancer photographer who has both the brain and the looks. Young Eun changes her mind about love and they find themselves falling for each other. Will their story end in a heart break or will they manage to find their own version of happily ever after?
Penthouse: The Story of 540 Days [Premiere]
30 December, Thursday, 6.55pm via ONE (Ch 393 HD)
This special episode features the actors of The Penthouse as they talk about all the memories they made during the 540 days of filming!
