''KBS Nine O'Clock News'' (Also known as ''KBS News 9'' (''KBS 뉴스9'' in Korean)) is the flagship

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every night at 9:00pm KST. The program is seen across

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, as well as on

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service which provides headline tickers in English throughout the newscast. The newscast has

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, as well as other topics. It first premiered on August 31, 1964 as a short news bulletin, but it later expanded and became KBS News 9, which premiered on May 22, 1973.

KBS Sports 9/Local Window at 9:30

Between 9:30 and 9:35 pm, local KBS stations outside Seoul opt-out from the national newscast to provide a 15-minute regional newscast in their respective areas. At around 9:45, all stations rejoin Seoul for ''KBS Sports 9'', a sub-newscast airing Korean and international sports news, to be followed by the national weather.

Anchors

Lee So-jung and Lee Young-ho currently anchor the weekday edition, while Lee Jae-seok and Park Ji-won helm the weekend edition. Nam Hyun-jong does the sports news on weekdays, and Kim Sung-geun does it on weekends. The weather forecast is presented by Kang Ah-rang on weekdays and Saturdays, while Noh Eun-ji does it on Sundays.

Broadcast times

*9:00 pm -

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(Nationwide) *9:00 pm KST - KBS World TV (Worldwide) *9:00-9:40 pm -

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(Nationwide Radio Simulcast)

External links

KBS News 9 Official Site
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