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| Type | Television broadcaster |
|---|---|
| Country | South Korea |
| Broadcast area | 134 countries[1] |
| Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | 8 languages[2] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Korea International Broadcasting Foundation |
| Key people | Kim Tae-jeong (CEO) |
| Sister channels | Arirang Radio |
| History | |
| Founded | 1996; 29 years ago (1996) (Korea International Broadcasting Foundation) |
| Launched | 1997; 28 years ago (1997) |
| Links | |
| Website | arirang.com |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| YouTube | "Live from KOREA | 24/7 Streaming | Arirang TV" onYouTube |
Arirang TV[1] (Korean:아리랑 TV) is a South Korean international broadcaster[3] owned and operated byKorea International Broadcasting Foundation. It broadcasts current news and programs offering political, economic, and cultural content from a Korean perspective to a global audience in 134 countries around the world.[4]
Launched locally by the government in 1996, with the motto "Korea for the World, the World for Korea,"[5] theKorea International Broadcasting Foundation, began broadcasting as Arirang TV in 1997. The foundation started broadcasting overseas in 1999 within theAsia region.[6] The name of the broadcast comes from the traditional Korean folk songArirang.[7]
In January 2010, the network split its programming into two categories, news and non-news, with additional news bulletins and current affairs programs being added to the schedule, as well as more cultural programming. The Vietnamese drama seriesChạy án [vi] premiered on 4 January, with subtitles in both Korean and English.[8]
In 2011, after the Korean government was embroiled in an embezzlement scandal, suggestions had emerged for the merger of Arirang TV andKBS World, considering that Arirang, like many other English-language media outlets in South Korea, was suffering from lack of budget, manpower and content. The network recouped from its losses.[9]
In September 2016, Arirang TV began airing 24 hours a day on the United Kingdom television services likeSky UK andFreesat, becoming the first South Korean channel to do so, while also expanding to the United States viaDirecTV and theUnited Nations's In-house Network.[10]
In January 2018, due to budget cuts, Arirang TV sacked 190 staff members and cut its number of programs in half from 36 to 18.[11]
