A: While year-end blockbusters hit cinemas, South Korea’s two-day 2025 Asia Artist Awards, known as “AAA,” is scheduled for this weekend in Kaohsiung.
B: Saturday’s AAA award show will be co-hosted by IVE’s Jang Won-young and 2PM’s Lee Jun-ho.
A: Apart from Park Bo-gum and IU from the K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines, the lineup includes Lee Jun-hyuk, Kim You-jung, Yoon-a and Japan’s Satoh Takeru.
Photo: EPA 照片：歐新社
B: And the performers include IVE, Le Sserafim, Monsta X, Stray Kids and Singapore’s JJ Lin.
A: Sunday’s ACON music show will be co-hosted by I-dle’s Taiwanese member Susan Yeh and Cravity’s Taiwanese-American Allen Ma. It will also feature the Philippines’ SB19 and many more Asian stars. Isn’t that cool?
A: 除了年底壓軸電影外，電視圈的大事：韓國「AAA亞洲明星盛典」今年將分成兩天並移師高雄！
B: 週六登場的頒獎典禮，將由IVE的張員瑛和2PM的李俊昊主持。
A: 除了《苦盡柑來遇見你》的男女主角朴寶劍、IU，聽說陣容包括李浚赫、金裕貞、潤娥和日本的佐藤健。
B: 表演來賓還有：IVE、Le Sserafim、Monsta X、Stray Kids和新加坡的林俊傑。
A: 週日登場的ACON音樂節，將由I-dle的台灣成員葉舒華、Cravity的台裔美籍成員馬蒔權等人主持。來賓則包括菲律賓的SB19等亞洲明星，很酷吧？
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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