KBS has opened an annual convention of Korean language broadcasters.

Around 80 representatives from 53 ethnic Korean broadcasters in ten countries, including the United States, China and Australia are participating in the 2008 KBS World Korean-Language Broadcasters' Conference.

In the Seoul Prize-awarding ceremony on Wednesday, the KBFD-TV of Honolulu, Hawaii won the highest honor for its documentary, "We Call Her Bae Myeong-sa."

In the radio sector, Hanmi Radio of Sunnyvale, California, in the U.S., won the top prize for the program, "Forgotten Hero Jang In-hwan."

A festival for ethnic Korean broadcasters will be held at the KBS Radio Hall on Thursday.

The participants will visit the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday.