The 15th World Korean Language Broadcasters Conference opened on Monday at the main center of Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) in Seoul.

About 80 broadcasters from 13 countries, including the United States, Russia and China, will take part in the six-day conference, which will introduce and award prizes to well-made Korean language programs.

A program of KBFD TV in Hawaii received the first prize in the TV category, while the top prize in the radio division went to a program by Chinese National Radio.