Arirang TV#Program

{{Short description|English-language television network in South Korea}}

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{{Infobox television channel

| name = Arirang TV

| logo = Arirang.svg

| caption = Arirang Tower, Arirang TV headquarters in Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea

| founded = {{start date and age|1996}} (Korea International Broadcasting Foundation)

| launch_date = {{start date and age|1997}}

| owner = Korea International Broadcasting Foundation

| type = Television broadcaster

| country = South Korea

| language = 8 languages{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=The Korea International Broadcasting |title=company.arirang.com |url=https://company.arirang.com/business/tv?lang=en |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=company.arirang.com |language=en}}

| area = 134 countries{{Cite web|title=company.arirang.com|url=https://company.arirang.com/intro/main?subPage=1&lang=en|website=company.arirang.com|language=en|last=Foundation|first=The Korea International Broadcasting|access-date=6 March 2025}}

| headquarters = Seoul, South Korea

| key_people = Kim Tae-jeong (CEO)

| sister_channels = Arirang Radio

| website = {{URL|1=https://arirang.com/?lang=en|2=arirang.com}}

| online_serv_1 = YouTube

| online_chan_1 = {{YouTube|id=CJVBX7KI5nU|title="Live from KOREA {{!}} 24/7 Streaming {{!}} Arirang TV"}}

}}

Arirang TV ({{langx|ko|아리랑 TV}}) is a South Korean international broadcaster{{Cite web |date=2018-03-14 |title=Meet Devin Whiting, an anchor at Arirang TV |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/03/113_245601.html |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The Korea Times |language=en}} owned and operated by Korea 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.{{Cite web|title=Let's not abandon Arirang TV|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-10-05/opinion/columns/Lets-not-abandon-Arirang-TV/1884133|website=koreajoongangdaily.joins.com|language=en|date=5 October 2023|access-date=6 March 2025}}

History

Launched locally by the government in 1996, with the motto "Korea for the World, the World for Korea,"{{Cite web |date=12 October 2011 |title='Arirang TV to overcome triple whammy' |url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/03/113_96519.html |access-date=6 March 2025 |website=The Korea Times |language=en}} the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation, began broadcasting as Arirang TV in 1997. The foundation started broadcasting overseas in 1999 within the Asia region.{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=The Korea International Broadcasting |title=company.arirang.com |url=https://company.arirang.com/intro/history?subPage=0&lang=en |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=company.arirang.com |language=en}} The name of the broadcast comes from the traditional Korean folk song Arirang.{{Cite journal|title=Arirang TV Takes Asia|volume=375|journal=Variety|issue=12|last=Lee|first=Hanna|date=8 September 1999}}

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 series {{Ill|Chạy án|vi|Chạy án}} premiered on 4 January, with subtitles in both Korean and English.{{cite news|title=Arirang TV to Split Programming|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/11/398_57752.html|work=The Korea Times|last1=Han|first1=Sang-hee|date=22 December 2009}}

In 2011, after the Korean government was embroiled in an embezzlement scandal, suggestions had emerged for the merger of Arirang TV and KBS 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.{{cite news|title='Arirang TV to overcome triple whammy'|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/06/113_96519.html|work=The Korea Times|last1=Park|first1=Si-soo|date=12 October 2011}}

File:Arirang Tower in Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea.jpg, Seoul, South Korea]]

In September 2016, Arirang TV began airing 24 hours a day on the United Kingdom television services like Sky UK and Freesat, becoming the first South Korean channel to do so, while also expanding to the United States via DirecTV and the United Nations's In-house Network.{{Cite web|title=Arirang TV starts 24-hour broadcast in UK|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2025/02/398_214878.html|website=The Korea Times|language=en|date=27 September 2016|access-date=6 March 2025}}

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.{{cite news|title=Arirang TV to sack 190 employees, shut 18 programs|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/11/113_241929.html|work=The Korea Times|last1=Jung|first1=Min-ho|date=4 January 2018}}

Programming

=Current affair programming=

Arirang News{{Cite web|title=Arirang TV|url=https://arirang.com/news|website=arirang.com|language=en|access-date=6 March 2025}}
The GeoVista (since 2024){{Cite web|title=Arirang TV|url=https://arirang.com/tv/217/intro/1180?lang=en|website=arirang.com|language=en|access-date=6 March 2025}}
The Globalists (since 2022){{Cite web|title=Arirang TV|url=https://arirang.com/tv/163/intro/873?lang=en|website=arirang.com|language=en|access-date=6 March 2025}}
Peace Insight (since 2016){{Cite web|title=Arirang TV|url=https://arirang.com/tv/17?lang=en|website=arirang.com|language=en|access-date=6 March 2025}}

=Culture and entertainment programming=

Simply K-Pop (since 2011){{Cite web|title=Arirang TV|url=https://arirang.com/tv/9/intro/55?lang=en|website=arirang.com|language=en|access-date=6 March 2025}}
We Are Diplomats (since 2024){{Cite web|title=Arirang TV|url=https://arirang.com/tv/204/intro/1108?lang=en|website=arirang.com|language=en|access-date=6 March 2025}}

=Education=

K-Chat: Conversing in Korean (since 2023){{Cite web|title=Korean-language education program to be aired worldwide : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea|url=https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=241402|website=Korea.net|language=en|last=Service (KOCIS)|first=Korean Culture and Information|access-date=6 March 2025}}