KBS World Radio

KBS World Radio (formerly Radio Korea and Radio Korea International) is the official international broadcasting station of South Korea. Owned by the Korean Broadcasting System, the station broadcasts news and information in 11 languages: Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian, German, French and Spanish.

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.