KBS News 9


KBS Nine O'Clock News is the flagship newscast aired on KBS1 every night at 9:00pm KST. The program is seen across South Korea, as well as on KBS World service which provides headline tickers in English throughout the newscast. The newscast has news, sports, weather, health, society, 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 break away from the national newscast to provide a 15-minute news window 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 Park No-won currently anchor the weekday edition, while Jung Yeon-wook and Park Ji-won helm the weekend edition. Nam Hyun-jong does the sports news on weekdays, and Kim Jong-hyun 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.

Weekday anchors

Weekend anchors

Broadcast times