PD Note
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| PD Note | |
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| Genre | Investigative journalism Current affairs |
| Presented by | Jeon Jong-hwan Seo Jung-moon |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 1206 (as of July 13, 2019) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Park Sang-il |
| Production location | South Korea |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Production company | MBC News (Public Affairs Group) |
| Release | |
| Original network | MBC |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | May 1, 1990 – present |
PD Note (Korean language: PD수첩)[1] is an investigative journalism program on MBC in South Korea.
PD Note is noteworthy for its role in stimulating the US beef protest and raising questions regarding the subsequently-discredited Hwang Woo-suk stem cell cloning.
Name
The "PD" is a Konglish and Japanglish abbreviation for "producer".
Planning and Overview
It is an investigative journalism program in which the producers follow up or directly cover in-depth reports on social issues, not just the reported content.
The first broadcast began on May 8, 1990, and it is being broadcast on a recorded basis. Due to the nature of the program, a protest from the target of the report and sometimes a request for suspension from the government caused a broadcast interruption or disruption in broadcast. On the other hand, this program moved from November 8, 2001 to the late-night time on Thursday, due to the new establishment of the Monday-Tuesday sitcom 'Lovers'. However, after being pointed out that the 'Lovers' sitcom plagiarized the famous American sitcom,[2] the reorganization in the spring of 2002 was reduced to one on Monday, and from April 2 of that year, the PD note returned to the late night time on Tuesday.
Airtime
- May 1, 1990 - September 1, 1992 : every Tuesday at 10:55 p.m.
- November 6, 1992 - October 29, 1993 : every Friday at 10:55 p.m.
- November 2, 1993 - January 17, 2012/ December 11, 2012 - present : every Tuesday at 11:10 p.m.
Awards
- YMCA a good program in this year
- The 1st Amnesty International Press award
- Journalists Association of Korea, Special journalist award of this month
- The 7th Song Gun-ho press award
- PD Association of Korea, The 108th Producer award of this month
See also
- 2008 South Korean candlelight vigil
- 2008 US beef protest in South Korea
- South Korean illegal surveillance incident
- The Hankyoreh
- Hwang Woo-suk