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Korean actress Ku Hye-sun has been voted the biggest Asian star in Taiwan at the 2009 Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards, according to a report by Yahoo! Taiwan.
The Yahoo! Buzz Awards, into its sixth year, selects winners based on the "buzz", or number of searches, a star has received on Internet portal site Yahoo!. Ku, who was one of the most searched celebrities in Taiwan, took the title of "Asian Female Artist".
The 25-year-old actress had originally planned to debut as a singer with South Korea's major talent agency YG Entertainment but she started acting in several TV dramas and made a breakthrough with a role in 2006 KBS TV series "Pure in Heart".
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She then became a household name throughout Asia after starring in the mega-hit KBS drama "Boys Over Flowers" as Geum Jan-di earlier this year. Ku is also a talented singer and songwriter, artist, novelist, scriptwriter and an aspiring director.
Ku is scheduled to attend the Yahoo! Buzz Awards ceremony in Taiwan on December 11.
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