Arirang TV

English-language television network in South Korea Television channel Arirang TV (Korean: 아리랑 TV) is a South Korean international broadcaster 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. In 2011, Arirang TV was investigated in regards to an embezzlement scheme in which employees were being underpaid in order to siphon money into "borrowed-name" bank accounts. Throughout its history Arirang TV has functioned with a relatively low budget in comparison to similar international stations. In 2018, the network received another budget cut which led nearly 200 employees losing their jobs. History Launched locally by the government in 1996, with the motto "Korea for the World, the World for Korea," the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation began broadcasting as Arirang TV in 1997. The foundation started broadcasting overseas in 1999 within the Asia region. The name of the broadcast comes from the traditional Korean folk song Arirang. In January 2010, the network split its programming int