KBS World is Korean Broadcasting System's international broadcasting service. It consists of KBS World Radio and the KBS World television channel
The foreign-language radio broadcast from KBS (before its restructure into a public broadcaster in March 1973) was started as "The Voice of Free Korea" in 1953. It officially became a part of KBS in July 1968. The station was renamed Radio Korea in March 1973, and then Radio Korea International in August 1994.
In July 2003, KBS World, an international television channel aimed at Koreans abroad, started broadcasting. In March 2005, Radio Korea International became KBS World Radio. Majority of the drama has their own subtitle depending on the country such as English, Chinese, Malaysian, Vietnamese, and Indonesian
