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JTBC News
''JTBC Newsroom'' is the flagship nightly newscast of South Korean television network JTBC. The newscast is aired from 18:50-19:50 KST on weekdays and 18:40-19:10 on Saturdays and Sundays. ''JTBC Newsroom'' replaced two of its predecessors, ''JTBC News 10'' and ''JTBC News 9''. It is presented by Han Min-yong and Choi Jae-won on weekdays, and Ahn Na-kyung on weekends. History Etymology Sohn Suk-hee has clarified that the name of the program has nothing to do with the American drama '' The Newsroom'', which he only watched for about ten minutes. He also pointed out that there are several other programs with the same name, including the ones from BBC News and CNN. 2011: ''JTBC News 10'' It was launched on December 1, 2011, as ''JTBC News 10'', together with the launch of the network itself. It was JTBC's first flagship newscast, which was then hosted by Jun Yong-woo and Cha Ye-rin. Unlike newscasts from the mainstream networks, ''JTBC News 10'' is more focused on providing in-dept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JTBC
JTBC (shortened from Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company; ; stylized in all lowercase) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on December 1, 2011. JTBC is a generalist channel, with programming consisting of television series, variety shows, and news broadcasting; its news division is held in similar regard to the three main terrestrial networks in South Korea. In 2011, JTBC was one of four new South Korean nationwide generalist cable TV networks alongside '' The Dong-a Ilbo''s Channel A, '' The Chosun Ilbo''s TV Chosun and ''Maeil Business Newspaper''s MBN. They serve as supplementary networks to the existing conventional free-to-air TV networks like KBS, MBC, SBS and other smaller channels launched following deregulation in 1990. History '' JoongAng Ilbo'', which used to be a part of Samsung, had previously owned a TV station. In 1964, it founded the Tongyang Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinking Of MV Sewol
On the morning of 16 April 2014, the ferry MV ''Sewol'' sank while en route from Incheon towards Jeju City in South Korea. The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, 15 April 2014). Out of 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School in Ansan. Around 82% of the ''Sewols casualties were children and out of the 172 survivors, more than half were rescued by fishing boats and other commercial vessels that arrived at the scene approximately 40 minutes before the Korea Coast Guard (KCG). The sinking of ''Sewol'' resulted in widespread social and political reaction within South Korea. Many people criticized the actions of the ferry's captain and most of the crew. Also criticized were the ferry's operator, Chonghaejin Marine, and the regulators who oversaw its operations, along with the administration of President Park Geun-hye for her response to the disaster an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoongAng Ilbo
''The JoongAng'', formerly known as ''JoongAng Ilbo'' (), is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a newspaper of record for South Korea. The paper also publishes an English edition, ''Korea JoongAng Daily'', in alliance with the ''International New York Times''. It is often regarded as the holding company of JoongAng Group ''chaebol'' (a spin-off from Samsung) as it is owner of various affiliates, such as the broadcast station and drama producing company JTBC, and movie theatres chain Megabox. History It was first published on September 22, 1965, by Lee Byung-chul, the founder of Samsung Group which once owned the Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC). In 1980, ''JoongAng Ilbo'' gave up TBC and TBC merged with KBS. ''JoongAng Ilbo'' is the pioneer in South Korea for the use of horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist reporters with investigative reporting teams. Since Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye (; ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 until Impeachment of Park Geun-hye, she was removed from office in 2017. Park was the first and to date only woman to be elected president of South Korea, and also the first woman to be List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government, popularly elected as a head of state in East Asia. She is also the first South Korean president to be born after the founding of South Korea. Her father, Park Chung Hee, was president from 1963 to 1979, serving five consecutive terms after he May 16 coup, seized power in 1961 and whom she served as First Lady of South Korea, first lady under from 1974 until his Assassination of Park Chung Hee, assassination in 1979. Before her presidency, Park was leader of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) from 2004 to 2006 and leader of the Liberty Korea Party from 2011 to 2012. She was also a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' () is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language, Korean-language daily. It is the oldest active daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. Since the late 1950s, it had been published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, but following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014 it was sold to Dongwha Group in 2015. The president-publisher of ''The Korea Times'' is Oh Young-jin. Description The newspaper's headquarters is located in the same building with ''Hankook Ilbo'' on Sejong-daero between Sungnyemun and Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea. The paper is not to be confused with ''The Korea Daily News'', a 1904 to 1910 newspaper which briefly ran under the title ''Korea Times''. It is also unrelated to another paper by Lee Myo-muk, Ha Kyong-tok and Kim Yong-ui in September 1945. History ''The Korea Times'' was founded by Helen Kim five months into the 1950-53 Korean War. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segye Ilbo
''Segye Ilbo'' () is a Korean-language newspaper published in South Korea. The newspaper is owned by News World Communications, which was established by the Unification Church. It is considered right-leaning and conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza .... References External links Official website Korean-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in South Korea Conservative media in South Korea Discrimination against LGBTQ people in South Korea Unification Church affiliated organizations {{SouthKorea-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue House
Cheong Wa Dae (), also known as the Blue House in English, is a public park that was the former Office of the President of South Korea, executive office and residence of the president of South Korea. Located in Seoul's Jongno District, directly behind Gyeongbokgung Palace, it served as the center of presidential administration and state receptions from 1948 until 2022. Under the presidency of Yoon Suk Yeol, it was opened to the public as a museum and urban park. Cheong Wa Dae is expected to become the presidential residence again after the presidential office is moved. Cheong Wa Dae is a complex of multiple buildings built largely in the traditional Korean architecture, Korean architectural style with some modern architectural elements and facilities. It currently consists of the Main Office Hall ''Bon-gwan'', the Presidential Residence, the State Reception House ''Yeongbin-gwan'', the ''Chunchu-gwan'', Press Hall, the Secretariat Buildings, and other buildings and structures. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Soon-sil
Choi Soon-sil (; born June 23, 1956) is a South Korean businesswoman known primarily for her involvement in the 2016 South Korean political scandal, stemming from her influence over the 11th President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye. In 2018, a court sentenced Choi to 20 years in prison on Corruption in South Korea, corruption charges. Due to Choi's concurrent involvement in her father's religious cult, reporting media have called her "South Korea's Rasputin", in reference to Russian Mysticism, mystic Grigori Rasputin. Biography Choi Soon-sil was born on June 23, 1956, as the fifth daughter in her family to Lim Seon-yi and Choi Tae-min, a former Buddhist monk and the leader of The Church of Eternal Life, a cult that combined various elements of Buddhism, Christianity, and traditional Korean Shamanism. Some media has reported that Choi Soon-il acted as a shaman (Mu (shaman), ''mudang'') for the sect, although the accuracy of this label, as well as the legitimacy of her practice ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seo Bok-hyun
Seo Bok-hyun (born June 10, 1983) is a South Korean journalist and the former anchor of JTBC Newsroom. Biography Seo graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology at Korea University. He started his career at MBN in 2010 as a reporter in its social affairs division before leaving for JTBC. He became known through his coverage of the Sewol ferry disaster, where he stayed for three months to cover the search for the network. After that, he moved to JoongAng Ilbo in July 2015 as part of a rotation schedule, then came back to JTBC in July 2016. He would then become part of a special report team assigned to initially investigate in the Mir and K-Sports foundations, but later uncovered evidence that Choi Soon-sil meddled in political affairs. Seo was named as the new ''JTBC Newsroom'' presenter in December 2019, following then-presenter and current CEO Sohn Suk-hee's decision to step down. He had been persuaded multiple times by Sohn only to give in to his request, as he sees S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SBS Eight O'Clock News
''SBS Eight O'Clock News'' (also known as ''SBS 8 News'' (''SBS 8 뉴스'' in Korean)) is a South Korean television news broadcasting show broadcast by SBS. Originally anchored by Maeng Hyung-kyu on weekdays and Jung Sung-hwan on weekends. It has been aired since December 9, 1991. The newscast is aired from 7:50 pm to 9 pm KST on weekdays since September 21, 2020 and from 8 pm to 8:45 pm KST on weekends. Kim Hyun-woo and Kim Yong-tae serve as the current anchors for weekday and weekend editions respectively. History On 19 September 1991, SBS defined that it would air its main news bulletin at 8pm, an attempt to compete against the "frontal confrontation" between KBS News 9 and MBC Newsdesk, which occupied the 9pm timeslot. On 23 March 1992, SBS News Show at 10pm became the weekend edition of SBS News 8 due to low ratings. By 2003, it had won several awards, among them its coverage of the scandal of Vice-President Yang Gil-Seul, usage of Agent Orange in the DMZ, corruption ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC Newsdesk
''MBC Newsdesk'' is a Television in South Korea, South Korean television news broadcasting show broadcast by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, MBC. Originally anchored by Park Geun-sook, it aired from October 5, 1970 to present. The newscast aired at 7:40 pm Korean Standard Time, KST on Weekdays and 7:55 pm Korean Standard Time, KST on Weekends. Jo Hyun-yong and Kim Su-ji serves as the currently anchors for weekdays and Kim Kyung-ho and Kim Cho-rong serves as the currently anchors for weekdays. It recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, making it the longest-running newscast in South Korean television. History The newscast premiered on October 5, 1970, as MBC 뉴우스데스크 due to the orthography at the time. It was then renamed MBC News Scene (MBC 뉴스의 現場) on 1976 before reverting to its original title in 1980, this time as MBC 뉴스데스크. Segments Current segments Main segments * News Pre-desk (뉴스프리데스크) is a YouTube-only segment es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Broadcasting System
Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS; ) is one of the leading Television in South Korea, South Korean television and radio broadcasters. The broadcaster legally became known as SBS in March 2000, changing its corporate name from Seoul Broadcasting System (). Its flagship terrestrial television television station, station SBS TV broadcasts as Television channel, channel 6 for digital and cable. Established on 14 November 1990, SBS is the largest private broadcasting, private broadcaster in South Korea, and is owned by the Taeyoung Construction. It operates its flagship television channel which has a nationwide network of 10 regional stations, and three radio networks. SBS has provided digital terrestrial television service in the ATSC format since 2001, and T-DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) service since 2005. History After South Korea's democratic reform in 1987, the government moved to create a new commercial broadcaster in South Korea, the second after the Munhwa Broadcasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
