VOICE OF KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NORTH KOREA).
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The Voice of Korea is the international broadcasting service of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The station broadcasts in a number of languages including English.
Prior to 2002 the station was known as Radio Pyongyang. Please see my page dedicated to Radio Pyongyang.
The Voice of Korea's history can be traced back to radio station JBBK which commenced broadcasting in 1936 and was operated by the occupying Japanese forces.
In 1945 the station became known as Radio Pyongyang. It was officially inaugurated on the 14th day of October with a libe broadcast of the victory speech of Kim II Sung.
On the 16th day of March 1947 Radio Pyongyang broadcast its first foreign language broadcast (Chinese). In 1950 Japanese language broadcasts commenced, followed by English in 1951, and French & Russian in 1963. Other language broadcasts followed.
By the year 1960, Radio Pyongyang was b roadcasting 159 hours of programming every week. Ten years later in 1970, the weekly programming had increased to 330 hours and by 1980 it was 597 hours per week.
In 2002 the station was renamed the Voice of Korea.
Prior to 2002 the station was known as Radio Pyongyang. Please see my page dedicated to Radio Pyongyang.
The Voice of Korea's history can be traced back to radio station JBBK which commenced broadcasting in 1936 and was operated by the occupying Japanese forces.
In 1945 the station became known as Radio Pyongyang. It was officially inaugurated on the 14th day of October with a libe broadcast of the victory speech of Kim II Sung.
On the 16th day of March 1947 Radio Pyongyang broadcast its first foreign language broadcast (Chinese). In 1950 Japanese language broadcasts commenced, followed by English in 1951, and French & Russian in 1963. Other language broadcasts followed.
By the year 1960, Radio Pyongyang was b roadcasting 159 hours of programming every week. Ten years later in 1970, the weekly programming had increased to 330 hours and by 1980 it was 597 hours per week.
In 2002 the station was renamed the Voice of Korea.
The majority of the broadcasts from the Voice of Korea are transmitted from the Kujang transmitter site which has five 200 kW transmitters). The Kujang transmitter site is about 25 km from the city of Kujang. Other transmitter sites include Kanggye with five 200kW transmitters, and Pyongyang with ten 200kW transmitters.
WEBSITE.
YOU TUBE VIDEOS.
The video below shows the Voice of Korea interval signal.
VIDEOS OF MY RECEPTION OF THE VOICE OF KOREA.
15245 kHz - 5th August 2023.
11865 kHz - 3rd June 2022.
15180 kHz - 31st May 2022.
15245 kHz - 14th May 2022.
7580 kHz - 11th February 2022.
7220 kHz - 17th January 2022.
6170 kHz - 10th January 2022.
6185 kHz - 7th January 2022.
15245 kHz - 24th October 2021.
13650 kHz - 18th October 2021.
9435 kHz - 10th October 2021.
QSL INFORMATION.
The World Radio TV Handbook 2023 states that the Voice of Korea does QSL by way of a QSL card.
However, receiving a QSL card from the Voice of Korea here in Australia is not easy.
All of my letters to the Voice of Korea have been returned unable to be delivered.
However, receiving a QSL card from the Voice of Korea here in Australia is not easy.
All of my letters to the Voice of Korea have been returned unable to be delivered.
The message below appears on the Australia Post website.....
The Australia Post website further states:-
"Australia Post accepts letters and postcards addressed to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea only at sender’s risk."
Clearly this is not the case, as all of my mail has been returned.
"Australia Post accepts letters and postcards addressed to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea only at sender’s risk."
Clearly this is not the case, as all of my mail has been returned.
My reception reports for 9435 kHz (10th October 2021); 13650 kHz (18th October 2021); & 15245 kHz (24th October 2021) were returned with the envelope marked 'This item has been returned due to service suspensions resulting from COVID-19'.
My reception report fpr 6185 kHz (7th January 2022) was returned with two stickers on it.
One read 'The mail could not be delivered due to the blocjed postal route'. Note the spelling of blocj(K)ed. I am not sure of the country origin of that 'blocjed' sticker?
One read 'The mail could not be delivered due to the blocjed postal route'. Note the spelling of blocj(K)ed. I am not sure of the country origin of that 'blocjed' sticker?
My reception report for 6170 kHz (10th January 2022) and 7220 kHz (17th January 2022) was returned with the envelope marked 'The mail could not be delivered due to the blocjed postal route'.
Again, note the spelling of blocj(K)ed. I am not sure how far this envelope got, but it was severely water damaged as was the reception report.
Again, note the spelling of blocj(K)ed. I am not sure how far this envelope got, but it was severely water damaged as was the reception report.
My reception report for 7580 kHz (11th February 2022) was returned with the envelope marked 'The mail could not be delivered due to the blocjed postal route'.
Again note the spelling of blocj(K)ed. The envelope was once again severely water damaged as was the reception report.
Again note the spelling of blocj(K)ed. The envelope was once again severely water damaged as was the reception report.
In August 2023 I sent an email to the address below with a Reception Report. This email address is recorded in the WRTH 2023 and on the VOK website. I am awaiting a reply.
vok@star-co.net.kp
vok@star-co.net.kp
In August 2023 I also forwarded the Reception Reports to the North Korea Embassy in Beijing, CHINA. I am awaiting a reply.
References.
- Wikipedia, 2023, <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Korea>, viewed 16th August 2023.
- World Radio TV Handbook 2023
