National Geographic (South Korean TV channel)
National Geographic was a South Korean documentary television channel operated by the Asian operations of National Geographic Global Networks. The channel broadcast non-fiction television programmes, with most of shows coming from the National Geographic Society.
Prior to the launch of NGC in South Korea, video documentaries produced by National Geographic Society were broadcast on the terrestrial TV channels. Previously, a Pan-Asian version was available to South Korean viewers. However, it was replaced by a dedicated local version broadcast from Seoul in February 2004.
While the channel drew most of programmes from the National Geographic Society, it also broadcast a percentage of South Korean productions as South Korean regulations on television channels mandated to do so.
The pan-Asian version of Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo People television channels are available in South Korea, and have served as a companion to this channel for many years; certain programmes were also shown on National Geographic South Korea.
In December 2019, National Geographic notified that the channel would cease transmission on 31 December 2019, and would be replaced by a version of National Geographic television channel transmitted from a foreign country the following day, 1 January 2020. At midnight between 31 December 2019 and 1 January 2020, KST, the channel was abruptly replaced by a Southeast Asian version of the National Geographic television channel.
