The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation (KIBF; ) is a South Korean non-profit organization established to promote interest in Korea. The foundation operates

Arirang TV Arirang TV () is a South Korean international broadcaster owned and operated by Korea International Broadcasting Foundation. It broadcasts current news and programs offering political, economic, and cultural content from a Korean perspective t ...

and Arirang Radio. The foundation's offerings compete with

KBS World KBS World () is the international broadcasting division of the South Korean broadcast television network Korean Broadcasting System. The division operates KBS World TV, KBS World Radio, and . History The foreign-language radio broadcast from ...

(owned by state-owned broadcaster KBS) which also broadcasts Korean content overseas.

History

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 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 ''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. ...

''.

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* Foundations based in South Korea Mass media companies of South Korea Communications and media organizations Organizations established in 1996 * {{SouthKorea-media-stub

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