KBS World is an Indonesian television channel owned by the

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and operated by Overseas Korean Television Network (OKTN), a subsidiary of Korindo Group. The station's target audience consists of Koreans in Indonesia, as well as Indonesian audience interested in Korean entertainment. The channel was Launched in September 2007 at

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satellite. In 2010, it moved to

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, where it still remains. It shared the same schedule from the

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global feed, but with different advertisements and selected exclusive program which is available to Indonesian viewers. KBS World stopped channel service through

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(now MNC Vision) due to the expiration of Channel Distribution Agreement as of 31 July 2016.

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2007 establishments in Indonesia Television channels and stations established in 2007

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Korean-language television stations Television stations in Indonesia {{tv-station-stub