The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation ( KIBF ; Korean : 한국국제방송교류재단 ) is a South Korean non-profit organization established to promote interest in Korea. The foundation operates Arirang TV and Arirang Radio .
6-534: The foundation's offerings compete with KBS World (owned by state-owned broadcaster KBS ) which also broadcasts Korean content overseas. The foundation was established on April 10, 1996, and began domestic broadcasting in 1997. Overseas broadcasting commenced in the Asia-Pacific region in 1999, and broadcasts to Europe, North Africa, and the Americas started in 2000. In 2003, the foundation established Arirang FM. Jeju
12-505: Is an English-language FM radio station in South Korea. Arabic language broadcasting commenced in 2004. In 2015, Arirang launched a channel on the UN's in-house broadcast network. In May 2020, Arirang TV signed a memorandum of understanding with The Korea Times . This article about media in South Korea is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . KBS World KBS World
18-650: Is sourced from KBS's domestic television services, with older drama series aired in the case where latest drama series has sold to other licensors outside South Korea, such as Netflix , Amazon Prime Video , Disney+ and even (for Southeast Asia, Middle East and South Africa) Viu or (for all other markets) Viki / Kocowa . It mainly broadcast in Korean, but subtitles in English, Malay and Chinese are also provided. There are four separate general entertainment KBS World services operated by KBS's subsidiaries tailored to specific markets:
24-864: Is the Korean Broadcasting System 's international broadcasting service. It consists of KBS World Radio , KBS World television channel and KBS Korea . The foreign-language radio broadcast from KBS (before its restructure into a public broadcaster in March 1973) was started as "The Voice of Free Korea" in 1953. It officially became a part of KBS in July 1968. The station was renamed Radio Korea in March 1973, and then Radio Korea International in August 1994. In July 2003, KBS World, an international television channel aimed at Koreans abroad, started broadcasting. In March 2005, Radio Korea International became KBS World Radio. Most of
30-685: The Japanese version of KBS World , operated by KBS Japan, targets Japanese audiences, the Indonesian version of KBS World , operated by OKTN, targets Indonesian audiences, while KBS America (in English) and KBS Latino (in Spanish, Portuguese) target audiences in North and South America such as Mexico and Brazil. Additionally, KBS World 24 was a news and documentary channel that was available for free online. On July 1, 2021,
36-600: The programs are subtitled for the audience they are broadcast to, in languages such as English , Chinese , Malay , Vietnamese , and Indonesian . KBS World Radio is South Korea's sole foreign language promotional broadcast for the entire world. Its programming features news, culture, music, entertainment, as well as Korean lessons. KBS World Radio currently broadcasts in Korean , English , Japanese , French , Russian , Mandarin , Spanish , Indonesian , Arabic , German , Vietnamese and Cantonese . KBS World's TV programming
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