''PD Note'' (
Korean language: PD수첩) is an
investigative journalism program on
MBC in
South Korea.
''PD Note'' is noteworthy for its role in stimulating the
US beef protest and raising questions regarding the subsequently-discredited
Hwang Woo-suk stem cell cloning.
Name
The "PD" is a
Konglish and Japanglish abbreviation for "
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
".
Planning and Overview
It is an
investigative journalism program in which the producers follow up or directly cover in-depth reports on social issues, not just the reported content.
The first broadcast began on May 8, 1990, and it is being broadcast on a recorded basis. Due to the nature of the program, a protest from the target of the report and sometimes a request for suspension from the government caused a broadcast interruption or disruption in broadcast. On the other hand, this program moved from November 8, 2001 to the late-night time on Thursday, due to the new establishment of the Monday-Tuesday sitcom 'Lovers'. However, after being pointed out that the 'Lovers' sitcom plagiarized the famous American sitcom,
the reorganization in the spring of 2002 was reduced to one on Monday, and from April 2 of that year, the PD note returned to the late night time on Tuesday.
Airtime
*May 1,
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
- September 1,
1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
: every Tuesday at 10:55 p.m.
*November 6, 1992 - October 29,
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...
: every Friday at 10:55 p.m.
*November 2, 1993 - January 17,
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
/ December 11, 2012 - present : every Tuesday at 11:10 p.m.
Awards
*
YMCA a good program in this year
*The 1st
Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...
Press award
*Journalists Association of Korea, Special journalist award of this month
*The 7th Song Gun-ho press award
*PD Association of Korea, The 108th Producer award of this month
See also
*
2008 South Korean candlelight vigil
*
2008 US beef protest in South Korea
The 2008 US beef protest in South Korea was a series of protest demonstrations made between 24 May 2008 and mid August 2008. against president Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, Korea. The protest involved several hundred thousand and at its height up to ...
*
South Korean illegal surveillance incident
*
The Hankyoreh
*
Hwang Woo-suk
References
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Investigative journalism
2013 South Korean television series debuts