Korea International Broadcasting Foundation

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Korea International Broadcasting Foundation (Arirang)

Type	Cable television network
Country	South Korea
Headquarters	Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea
Programming
Picture format	MPEG4 1080i
Ownership
Owner	KEPCO KDN: 21.43% Korea Ginseng Corporation: 19.95% Mirae Asset Life Insurance: 14.98% Korea Racing Authority: 9.52% Woori Bank: 7.40%
Key people	Woo Jang-kyun (CEO)
History
Launched	10 April 1996; 28 years ago (1996-04-10) (cable)
Links
Website	www.arirang.com (in Korean)

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The Korea International Broadcasting Foundation (KIBF; Korean: 한국국제방송교류재단) is a South Korean non-profit organization established to broadcast Korean content to promote interest in Korea globally.^[1] The foundation operates Arirang TV and Arirang Radio.

The foundation's offerings compete with KBS World (owned by state-owned broadcaster KBS) which also broadcasts Korean content overseas.^[2]

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.^[3]

In May 2020, Arirang TV signed a memorandum of understanding with The Korea Times.^[4]

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• Arirang Radio

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