KBS, NHK Announce Documentary Co-Production

SEOUL/TOKYO, April 11: Korea’s KBS is teaming with Japan’s
NHK to co-produce the six-part documentary series Asian Corridor in Heaven, set to be completed this fall.

It will air in September on KBS-1 in Korea, followed by a
Japanese rollout on NHK HD in January. The title will be available internationally
from December 2007.

The series, in high definition, will explore the Tea and
Horse Caravan Road. This 5,000-kilometer trading
route begins in Southwest China and runs over the Himalayas to Tibet, Myanmar
and Indonesia. Predating the better-known Silk Road, Caravan Road is the
world’s oldest route for trading. KBS invested $3.6
million in the production.