Arirang TV is an international, English-language network based in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, operated by The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation

Korea International Broadcasting Foundation

The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation is a South Korean non-profit group dedicated to bringing information about Korea to the world, and to non-Koreans within Korea...

. The channel presents a diverse lineup of programs ranging from cultural features, documentaries, language programs and other entertaining segments designed to give viewers a contemporary and accurate look at Korea, Asia and the world at large. The network’s name, “Arirang

Arirang

"Arirang" is a Korean folk song, sometimes considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea. Arirang is an ancient native Korean word with no direct modern meaning.- Variations :...

,” is derived from the traditional Korean folk song of the same name.

Arirang TV

Founded in 1996, Arirang TV airs news, cultural programs, educational shows, documentaries and more 24 hours a day, in more than 188 countries. As Korea's premier English-language channel, Arirang's mission is to present an accurate view of Korea to the world through unbiased news reports and programs featuring a diversity of perspectives. Viewers with little knowledge about Korea or with an outdated impression of the country can gauge the pulse of the fast-changing nation through Arirang.

Some of the network's most popular and longest-running shows include Arirang News, Showbiz Extra, Pops in Seoul and Heart to Heart. "Arirang News" is one of many current affairs shows that provide up-to-the-minute, objective and in-depth coverage of domestic and international news. Through such programs as "Diplomacy Lounge" and the talk show "Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart is Reba McEntire's fourth studio album. It was released via Mercury Records in 1981. The album includes the singles "Today All Over Again" and "Only You and You Alone," a cover of the doo-wop standard...

," viewers can gain diverse insights and perspectives on Korea, glimpsing the country through the eyes of foreign diplomats, visiting international newsmakers and more. Though government affiliated, Arirang retains independent programming rights and presents a timely and accurate portrait of Korea.

Arirang also airs programs about Asia and the world, offering viewers in Korea and abroad culturally diverse content. Whether it's through a culinary show about global cuisines or a commercial made in conjunction with UNICEF to combat world hunger, Arirang serves as an international channel that bridges cultures.

Operated by The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation, Arirang broadcasts three channels: Arirang World, Arirang Korea and Arirang Arab. The network offers subtitles in languages including Arabic, Chinese and Spanish. Starting on March 3, 2008 Arirang TV adding three more languages namely Russian, Vietnamese and Indonesian. It is free-to-air in much of Europe, North America, Asia (excluding Korea), Australia and the Pacific region, and provided via Astra 1E

Astra 1E

Astra 1E is a communications satellite owned and operated by SES Astra, and launched in 1995 to the Astra 19.2°E orbital slot to provide digital television and radio for DTH across Europe....

, Hotbird 3, Intelsat (PAS) 2, 8, 9 and 10 and Arabic feed in Asiasat 3s and Badr4. Arirang Korea feed is now available in Koreasat 3 via SkyLife

SkyLife

KT Skylife is a satellite broadcasting provider of South Korea.-Brief history:* December 19, 2000 - Korean Government decided as the official satellite television provider * March 30, 2001 - Established company...

 DTH service.

Arirang TV Milestones

• 1996. 04. 10 The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation is founded.

• 1997. 02. 03 Arirang TV domestic broadcasting is launched.

• 1998. 10. 22 Arirang TV is designated the main operating body for overseas broadcasting by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism for the Republic Korea

• 1998. 12. 16 The Media Exporting Center is established.

• 1999. 08. 12 Arirang TV embarks on overseas broadcasting.(Asia-Pacific region)

• 2000. 01. 10 The Translation and Interpretation Center is established.

• 2000. 09. 26 Arirang TV launches worldwide broadcasting in Europe, Africa and the Americas

• 2001. 03. 02 Arirang TV Media is founded

• 2001. 10. 17 Dish Network begins retransmitting ArirangTV in US

• 2002. 03. 01 Skylife begins to transmit ArirangTV in Korea

• 2003. 09. 01 FM Radio launched on Jeju Island in Korea

• 2004. 08. 01 Arirang TV is available on every continent in the world except Antarctica

• 2004. 10. 01 Arabic language service launched in the Arab region

• 2004. 12. 01 TPS begins to retransmit Arirang TV in France

• 2005. 06. 27 Arirang TV adopts the new name, "arirang"

• 2005. 09. 01 Satellite digital multimedia broadcasting is launched.(ch.43)

• 2005. 12. 01 Terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting is launched.

• 2006. 04. 01 Astra
  SES Astra
  Astra is the name for the geostationary communication satellites, both individually and as a group, which are owned and operated by SES S.A., a global satellite operator based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. The name is sometimes also used to describe the channels broadcasting from these...
  
   begins retransmitting Arirang TV in Western European region.

• 2006. 09. 01 Internet broadcasting service "Arirang Cast" begins

Arirang Radio

Arirang Radio is Korea's premier English-language radio station, was founded by the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation in 1996.

Arirang Radio Milestones

• 1996. 04. 10 The Korea Broadcasting Foundation is founded

• 1997. 02. 03 Arirang TV domestic broadcasting is launched

• 2002. 12. 13 Arirang FM broadcasting clearance given

• 2003. 09. 01 Arirang FM broadcasting is launched (18hrs)

• 2003. 10. 01 Arirang FM extends its broadcasting (22hrs)

• 2005. 09. 01 SDMB (Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) is launched. (TU Media Channel 43) - Arirang Radio extends its broadcasting.(24hrs)

• 2005. 12. 01 Terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting is launched.

Arirang TV Programs (Present)

• 100 Icons of Korean Culture
• A History of East Asian Culinary Exchange
• a Plus
• Affairs of the Heart
• Ancestral Legacies
• Apple Tree
• Arirang Arabic News
• Arirang Bulletin
• Arirang Cafe
• Arirang News
  Arirang News
  Arirang News is the main daily newscast on Korean International English language TV channel Arirang. It covers news stories from Korea, Asia and around the world. The first thirty minutes of the show covers world news, focusing on major stories from Korea. The following segments include sports, an...
  
  
• Arirang Prime
• Arirang Special
• Arirang Sports M
• Arirang Today
• Arirang Today World Edition
• Asia and the Cities
• Asian Cuisine Tour
• Battle Shinwa
• Beyond Borders
• Biz Today
• Buzz in Business
• Cartoon Time
• Cine-Lab
• Click! Digital Camera
• Company Close Up
• Contenders
• Coree Arirang
• CrossWorld People
• Cuisine Korea
• Cuisine Tour
• Day Break
• Diplomacy Lounge
• Drama Platinum
• Drama Theater
• Dream It
• Documenraty World
• Dynamic Korea
• Economix Korea
• Edward's Live Kitchen
• Electropia
• Encore Documentary
• eSports
• Face to Face
• Fareway to Refreshing
• Festive Journey
• FOODelicious
• Franceska
• GEO Korea
• Great Pathfinders
• Hand in Hand
• Health For All
• Heart to Heart
• Homey Korean
• Host Family
• I Love Korea
• IDCF Special Cartoons
• In Focus
• In Law's War
• In Style Plus
• In Your Eyes
• Innovation Korea
• InStyle
• InStyle Plus
• Invest Korea
• It City
• Kidsland Wowow
• Kitchen Road
• Korea 101
• Korea Now
• Korea This Week
• Korea Today
• Korea, The World's Best
• Korean Freakonomists
• Korean National Parks
• Korean News Update
• Korean Odyssey
• Let's Speak Korean
• Love or Nothing
• Love's Pinwheel
• Lush Life
• Made in Korea
• Michel
• More Than Kimchi
• Movie World
• Museum Circuit
• My Funky Family
• National Treasures
• Nature's Symphony
• Nonstop
• On the Road
• Peninsula Scope
• People & People
• Poetic Korea
• Perform Arts
• Photo Essay
• Pops in Seoul
  Pops in seoul
  Pops in Seoul, airing since 1998, has presented Korean pop music for the past nine years as Arirang TV's most popular music program. The show’s VJ, K-pop expert ISAK, presents current music plus news about K-pop culture in the process supporting our domestic musicians' activities abroad and...
  
  
• Power Market
• Power Product
• Quiz Champions
• Rank Korea
• Real Express
• Real Talk
• Scenery of Korea
• Screen Flash
• Show Music Tank
• Showbiz Extra
  Showbiz Extra
  Showbiz Extra is a daily television entertainment news show that covers the South Korean entertainment industry broadcast in South Korea and throughout Asia on Arirang TV, which premiered on April 10, 2002. The show is produced in Korea, but is broadcast in the English language and uses subtitles...
  
  
• Showbiz Korea
• Showbiz World
• Showking M
• Sitcom
• Some Like it Hot
• Sound & Motion
• Sports Express
• Spring Day
• STAR Real Story, "I Am"
• Starlit Promenade
• Superkids
• Talk Around
• Taste Your Life
• Tasty Trail with Benjamin
• The Contenders
• The Great Aspiration
• The Legacy of Historical Architecture
• The Water Bloom
• Thumb Bear Kkomzi
• Trading Post
• Traditional Symbols
• Traveler's Korean
• Two Chefs
• Veiled Truth
• W 24/7
• Wave Markers
• Way Station
• WEG Programs
• Win Win
• Winning Choice
• Wiz & Biz Korea
• Working It
• World Best Restaurant
• World Sports
• World Wonders
• Ya Tribe

Broadcast K-Dramas (Past and Present)

• All In
• Jang Gil-san
• Oasis
  Oasis (TV series)
  Oasis was a short lived CITV drama series which was about a group of children who ran an inner city farm. It's best known for featuring John Simm and Dean Gaffney, who later went on to be in the BBC soap Eastenders...
  
  
• Dr. Gang
• Lovers In Paris
  Lovers In Paris
  Lovers in Paris is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by SBS in the summer of 2004. The show won numerous awards including best television drama at the Baeksang Arts Awards and both Park Shin-yang and Kim Jung-eun were awarded the Grand Prize at the SBS Drama Awards.It is the first...
  
  
• Lotus Flower Fairy

Criticism

Arirang TV is viewed by many observers as very 'biased and unrealistic' in its coverage of South Korea, many of their programs allegedly showing characteristics of propaganda

Propaganda

Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....

, similar to China's CCTV-9

CCTV-9

CCTV-9 is the documentary channel of the television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. This channel has a local Mandarin Chinese edition called CCTV-9, and an international English language edition called CCTV-9 Documentary. The English edition is carried by more satellites than the...

. It has also been known to censor negative views of South Korea.

External links

• Official Site
• Arirang TV