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KBS to hold K-pop contest

By Chung Ah-young

The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) will hold a K-pop contest inviting some 100 foreigners in front of KBS Hall in Yeoido, Seoul on July 1 to mark the 8th anniversary of the opening of KBS World, its international channel.

It will take place as a pre-event for a special episode of the popular K-pop show "Music Bank". Participants were selected through social network services such as Twitter. Tara Benjamin, the winner of a K-pop contest which was held in Los Angeles in May, organized by KBS World for the first time, will give a special performance at the event.

Along with the contest, various exhibitions related to the 8th anniversary of the channel's opening will be displayed around the venue. Letters from various parts of the world and opinions from 200,000 followers of social networks and viewers will be on display. There will also be screenings of Korean dramas which have been dubbed in various languages and aired around the world.

After the contest, the foreign participants will have an opportunity to attend "Music Bank" which will review K-pop music that was popular in the first half of the year.

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