PD Note

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PD Note
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 (1990-05-01) – present
External links
Website

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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

References[]