KBS World Radio (; formerly Radio Korea and Radio Korea International) is the official

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station of

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. Owned by the

Korean Broadcasting System The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS; ) is the public broadcasting, national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters under the government of South Korea. The KBS ope ...

, the station broadcasts news and information in 11 languages:

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, people from the Korean peninsula or of Korean descent * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Korean **Korean dialects **See also: North–South differences in t ...

, English, Chinese,

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

, Indonesian,

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people living outside Vietna ...

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, French and

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

History

* August 15, 1953: Starts broadcasts as The Voice of Free Korea, but only in English. * December 1, 1955: Begins broadcasting in Japanese. * September 2, 1957: Begins broadcasting in Korean. * April 10, 1958: Begins broadcasting in French. * February 13, 1961: Begins broadcasting in Russian. * August 10, 1961: Begins broadcasting in Chinese. * August 19, 1962: It begins to broadcast in Spanish. * April 1, 1973: Changes its name to Radio Korea. * 1975: The transmitting station in Gimje is founded. * June 2, 1975: Begins broadcasting in Arabic. * 1980: The transmitting station in Hwaseong is founded. * May 1, 1981: Begins broadcasting in German. * June 1, 1983: It begins to broadcast in Portuguese. * June 1, 1985: It begins to broadcast in Italian. * March 31, 1994: Ends broadcasting in Portuguese. * August 15, 1994: Changes its name to Radio Korea International. * October 31, 1994: Ends broadcasting in Italian. * November 3, 1997: KBS begins broadcasting it online. * May 3, 2002: Simulcasts with NHK 1 Radio. * June 2002: The transmission of the 2002 Soccer World Cup begins. * August 15, 2003: For the radio's 50th anniversary, it begins to broadcast via satellite. * March 3, 2005: Changes its name to KBS World Radio. * March 3, 2005: Begins broadcasting in Vietnamese. * January 2007: Hwaseong Station closes. * June 1, 2013: Event for the 60th anniversary of radio * August 19, 2022: 60th Anniversary of Service Event in Spanish * July 14, 2023: KBS WORLD Radio celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding with a K-POP Concert.

Diffusion

The radio transmits in shortwave through a single transmitter on Korean soil in Kimjae: built in 1975, it is located 270 kilometers south of Seoul and includes seven transmitters, three of which are 250 kW and four are 100 kW.The comprehensive shortwave broadcasting schedule
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English-language programs

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