An English-language radio station, soon to open
The Korea Herald reports an English-language
radio station is scheduled to start broadcasting
on Aug. 25, providing foreigners with 24-hour
tourist information and entertainment. The new
FM broadcasting station, located on Jeju Island,
is a 3.9 billionwon ($3.3 million) project, part of
the government's plan to romote a positive
image of Korea abroad. Its various programs
are expected to provide practical information
such as news, weather and traffic reports, travel
tips and announcements about cultural events.
The government is also planning to open another
English channel through DMB, or digital
multimedia broadcasting, a new broadcasting
system scheduled to take off next year.
The DMB is considered as one of the most
communications technologies, providing
cost-efficient transmissions of image, text and
audio data to multiple receivers such as cars,
radios, television sets and handheld receivers.
The service, which will initially be limited to
Seoul and its outlying areas, will be expanded
nationwide by 2006.