Enjoy the hottest K-idols in the biggest music festivals and awards on Astro
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December
2021

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

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).