owned by kbs picture format 1080i hdtv 480i sdtv 16 9 slogan more than you imagine country south korea broadcast area international sister channel s kbs 1tv kbs 2tv website kbsworld.kbs.co.kr availability satellite gvt brazil channel 145 pay transvision indonesia channel 323 hd orange tv parabola indonesia channel 210 big tv indonesia channel 569 skynindo indonesia channel 121 nexmedia indonesia channel 310 topas tv indonesia channel 89 astro malaysia channel 391 sd channel 392 hd meo portugal portugal channel 214 pay zon portugal channel 242 pay hot bird 13 e 12476 h fta cable starhub tv singapore channel 815 skycable philippines channel 75 digital truevisions thailand channel 143 232 hdtv english subtitle cablelink philippines channel 69 destiny cable philippines channel 75 digital macau cable tv macau channel 202 iptv now tv hong kong channel 156 singtel tv singapore channel 391 hd mix up mandarin malay english peo tv sri lanka channel 87 kbs world is korean broadcasting system s international broadcasting service . it consists of kbs world radio and the kbs world television channel . contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 radio 2.2 television 3 references 4 external links history edit the foreign language radio broadcast from kbs before its restructure into a public broadcaster in march 1973 was started as the voice of free korea in 1953 . it officially became a part of kbs in july 1968 . the station was renamed radio korea in march 1973 and then radio korea international in august 1994 . in july 2003 kbs world an international television channel aimed at koreans abroad started broadcasting . in march 2005 radio korea international became kbs world radio services edit radio edit main article kbs world radio kbs world radio is south korea s sole foreign language promotional broadcast for the entire world . its programming features news culture music entertainment as well as korean lessons . kbs world radio currently broadcasts in korean english japanese french russian mandarin spanish indonesian arabic german and vietnamese and cantonese . television edit main article kbs world tv channel see also kbs world japan kbs world united states and kbs world indonesia kbs world s tv programming is sourced from kbs s domestic television services . it mainly broadcast in korean but subtitles in english malay and chinese are also provided . apart from the signals from seoul there are three separate services operated by kbs s subsidiaries for specific market the japanese version of kbs world operated by kbs japan targets japanese audiences the indonesian version of kbs world operated by oktn targets indonesian audiences while the american version of kbs world operated by kbs america targets audiences in both north and south america . this channel also available on reliance big tv in india and in portugal and is scheduled to launch on sky digital in the united kingdom in early 2014 former kbs world logo used from 2003 to 2009 references edit external links edit kbs world kbsworldi service this broadcasting related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about media in south korea is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kbs world & oldid 740905034 categories korean broadcasting system subsidiariesexternal services broadcasting television channels in south koreakorean language television stationstelevision channels and stations established in 2003broadcasting stubssouth korean media stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages bahasa indonesiabahasa melayu norsk bokm lpolski t rk eti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 24 september 2016 at 02 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view