"Seon-deok" to air in Japan, Taiwan

Hit TV series "Queen Seon-deok", currently the most popular TV program in Korea, will be aired in Japan and Taiwan, according to its broadcaster on Monday.

MBC announced in a press release that the historical drama is set to show throughout Japan on Fuji TV's satellite channel starting Thursday and already started airing last week on Videoland Television Network, one of Taiwan's major satellite television providers.

Fuji had visited the set of "Seon-deok" in August to interview the cast and crew for a special program to be broadcast ahead of the drama's showing. Videoland also visited the set in Korea to interview the cast.

The drama, about Queen Seon-deok from the Silla Dynasty, the twenty-seventh ruler and the first reigning queen of the period, stars some of the most successful actresses in Korea including Lee Yo-won and Ko Hyeon-jeong.

The Monday and Tuesday night series has remained atop weekly TV charts in viewership ratings for most of its showing since late May.

Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr