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| Owner | Government of South Korea |
Key people | Myung-joong Kim, President |
Launch date | 1990; 35 years ago (1990) |
| Callsigns | HLQL |
Official website | www.ebs.co.kr |
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Korea Educational Broadcasting System (Korean: 한국교육방송공사;RR: Hanguggyoyugbangsong-gongsa) orEBS is a South Korean educationalpublic radio and television network covering South Korean territory, and the only major South Korean radio and television network joint ventureMinistry of Science and ICT andMinistry of Education without a separate regional service. It was established as KBS 3 and KBS Educational Radio in the 1980s, and became an independent corporation in 1990.
Though nominally a public broadcasting entity, EBS gets most of its yearly budget from advertisements and sales revenue. In 2012, 72.1% of its revenue came from textbook sales, publications and ad revenues on its TV Radio and internet platforms, while the rest came from TV license fees (EBS gets 3% of the total License Fee being collected by the Korea Educational Broadcasting System) and government grants.[1]
| Term | Name | Inaugutation | Retirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| !st | Park Heung-soo (Resigned) | 2000 | 2001 |
| 2nd | Kim Hak-cheon | 2001 | 2003 |
| 3rd | Go Seok-man (Resigned) | 2003 | 2005 |
| 4th | Kwon Young-man | 2005 | 2006 |
| 5th | Gu Gwan-seo | September 2006 | October 2009 |
| 6th | Gwak Deok-hun | October 2009 | November 2012 |
| 7th | Shin Yong-seop | November 2012 | November 2015 |
| 8th | Woo Jong-beom (Resigned)[2] | November 2015 | August 2017 |
| Acting | Jo Gyu-jo | August 2017 | September 2017 |
| 9th | Jang Hae-rang (Resigned)[3] | September 2017 | December 2018 |
| Acting | Jo Gyu-jo | December 2018 | March 2019 |
| 10th | Kim Myung-jung | March 2019[4] | March 2022 |
| 11th | Kim Yoo-yeol | March 2022[5] | March 2025 |
| 12th | Shin Dong-ho (Suspended from appointment)[6] | March 2025 | July 2025 |
| 13th | July 2025 | July 2028 (Expected) |
EBS offers one pay-television channel, EBS America, in the United States. Its programming centers around Korean culture, language education, and children's shows.
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