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	More S Korea-Singapore dramas with broadcast deal Thursday • January 20, 2005 More co-productions in drama and even documentaries between South Korea and Singapore are in the pipeline, with the signing of the first Broadcast Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries. The deal was sealed yesterday between representatives of the Korean Broadcasting Commission and Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA). The director-general of the Korean Broadcasting Commission, Mr Kim Choon Shik, said there is good market potential in Asia for films made with a combination of "South Korean drama technologies and drama skills and Singapore's drama skills". With this deal, he noted, there will also be more Korean dramas — which have made fans of many Singaporeans — available here. Free-to-air TV in Singapore and cable, which already transmits one Korean channel, could tap into the popularity of such productions. And MDA is only too keen to facilitate the process. Dr Tan Chin Nam, chairman of the MDA, said: "The industry will be given the necessary encouragement to explore how both sides will be able to put our strengths together and to realise the vision of this particular MOU." This will extend to other genres like documentaries and even training of broadcast personnel. The MOU, part of the Korea-Singapore Free Trade Agreement scheduled to be inked later this year, is also exploring cutting-edge technologies, including Digital Multimedia Broadcast which the Koreans are keen to introduce to Singapore. — Channel NewsAsia
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