KBS Nine O'Clock News (Also known as KBS News 9 (KBS 뉴스9 in Korean)) is the flagship newscast aired on KBS1 every night at 9:00pm KST. The program is seen across South Korea, as well as on KBS World service which provides headline tickers in English throughout the newscast. The newscast has news, sports, weather, health, society, as well as other topics. It first premiered on August 31, 1964 as a short news bulletin, but it later expanded and became KBS News 9, which premiered on May 22, 1973.

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KBS News 9
Current logo since 2023
Genre	News
Presented by	Weekdays: Park Jang-beom Park Ji-won Weekends: Kim Hyun-kyung Park So-hyun
Narrated by	Nam Hyun-jong (weekdays) Lee Jae-seok (weekends)
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
Production
Production location	South Korea
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	KBS 1 KBS News D KBS World (Worldwide)
Release	August 31, 1964 (1964-08-31) – present

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Between 9:30 and 9:35 pm, local KBS stations outside Seoul opt-out from the national newscast to provide a 15-minute regional newscast in their respective areas. At around 9:45, all stations rejoin Seoul for KBS Sports 9, a sub-newscast airing Korean and international sports news, to be followed by the national weather.

Lee So-jung and Lee Young-ho currently anchor the weekday edition, while Lee Jae-seok and Park Ji-won helm the weekend edition. Nam Hyun-jong does the sports news on weekdays, and Kim Sung-geun does it on weekends. The weather forecast is presented by Kang Ah-rang on weekdays and Saturdays, while Noh Eun-ji does it on Sundays.

• 9:00 pm - KBS1, KBS News D (Nationwide)
• 9:00 pm KST - KBS World TV (Worldwide)
• 9:00-9:40 pm - KBS Radio 1, KBS Radio 3, KBS Hanminjok Radio, KBS 1FM (Nationwide Radio Simulcast)

• KBS News 9 Official Site (in Korean)