Many international radio stations, including the Voice of Korea, just made their semi-annual schedule change to accomodate seasonal broadcasting conditions.

The radio station broadcasts two programs a day, each around 57 minutes long. Program one is carried on broadcasts aimed at South East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, South Africa and Central and South America. Program two is carried on broadcasts for Europe, North America and North East Asia.

Each of these programs includes the same core features: the news, editorials and the reminiscences of Kim Il Sung. Music and other features sometimes differ between the two broadcasts.

They broadly follow along these lines:

:00 Opening signal, station identification: “This is Voice of Korea”

:01 National Anthem

:03 Song of General Kim Il Sung

:06 Song of General Kim Jong Il

:09 News, editorials (approx 15 minutes), followed by music

:30 Reminiscences of Great Leader President Kim Il Sung of the century

:40 Music and features

:50 Editorial, special message (occasional)

:55 Frequency information

:57 Close

The Voice of Korea has traditionally refreshed these programs, including the news, once a day during the daytime in Korea.

The news output follows closely the text of English-language stories from KCNA with minor editing. It’s generally a day behind the news being put out on the domestic service in Korean.

The schedule is expected to remain current until late March of April 2013.

Many of the news items can be found on The Voice of Korea’s website. The station also broadcasts in French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Chinese, Japanese and Russian.

The full schedule for Voice of Korea is listed below and come courtesy of Arnulf Piontek in Berlin.

The schedule shows the time in GMT (UTC), the language, the frequencies in kilohertz (kHz) and the target area of the broadcast. (SEAs, Southeast Asia; NECHN, Northeast China; CAm, Central and South America; NAm, North America, NEAs, Northeast Asia; J, Japan; Eu, Europe; FE, Far East; ME, Middle East; NAf, Northern Africa; and SAf, Southern Africa) Korean-language programs consist of either relays of Pyongyang Broadcasting Station (PBS) or Korea Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS).

Frequencies marked with a “?” are yet to be confirmed.

0300 Chinese 13650 15100 SEAs 0300 Korean (PBS) 7140 9345 9730 NECHN 0300 Spanish 11735 13760 15180 CAm, SAm 0400 English 7220 9345 9730 NEAs 0400 English 11735 13760 15180 CAm, SAm 0400 French 13650 15100 SEAs 0500 Chinese 7220 9345 9730 NECHN 0500 English 13650 15100 SEAs 0500 Spanish 11735 13760 15180 CAm, SAm 0600 Chinese 13650 15100 SEAs 0600 English 7220 9345 9730 NEAs 0600 French 11735 13760 15180 CAm, SAm 0700 Japanese 621 ?3250 ?7580 9650 J 0700 Korean (PBS) 7220 9345 NECHN 0700 Russian 9975 11735 FE 0700 Russian 13760 15245 Eu 0800 Chinese 7220 9345 NECHN 0800 Japanese 621 ?3250 ?7580 9650 J 0800 Russian 9975 11735 FE 0800 Russian 13760 15245 Eu 0900 Japanese 621 ?3250 6070 ?7580 9650 J 0900 Korean (KCBS) 7220 9345 NECHN 0900 Korean (PBS) 9975 11735 FE 0900 Korean (PBS) 13760 15245 Eu 1000 English 6170 9850 SEAs 1000 English 6170 9335 CAm, SAm 1000 Japanese 621 ?3250 6070 ?7580 9650 J 1000 Korean (PBS) 7220 9345 NECHN 1100 Chinese 7220 9345 CHN 1100 French 6170 9850 SEAs 1100 French 6170 9335 CAm, SAm 1100 Japanese 621 ?3250 6070 ?7580 9650 J 1200 Japanese 621 ?3250 6070 ?7580 9650 J 1200 Korean (KCBS) 6170 9850 SEAs 1200 Korean (KCBS) 6170 9335 CAm, SAm 1200 Korean (PBS) 7220 9345 NECHN 1300 Chinese 6170 9850 SEAs 1300 English 7570 12015 WEu 1300 English 9335 11710 NAm 1300 Korean (PBS) 6170 9325 Eu 1400 French 7570 12015 WEu 1400 French 9335 11710 NAm 1400 Korean (KCBS) 6170 9850 SEAs 1400 Russian 6170 9325 Eu 1500 Arabic 9990 11545 ME, NAf 1500 English 7570 12015 WEu 1500 English 9335 11710 NAm 1500 Russian 6170 9325 Eu 1600 English 9990 11545 ME, NAf 1600 French 7570 12015 WEu 1600 French 9335 11710 NAm 1600 German 6170 9325 WEu 1700 Arabic 9990 11545 ME, NAf 1700 Korean (KCBS) 7570 12015 WEu 1700 Korean (KCBS) 9335 11710 NAm 1700 Russian 6170 9325 Eu 1800 English 7570 12015 WEu 1800 French 7210 11910 SAf 1800 French 9975 11535 ME, NAf 1800 German 6170 9325 WEu 1900 English 7210 11910 SAf 1900 English 9975 11535 ME, NAf 1900 German 6170 9325 WEu 1900 Spanish 7570 12015 WEu 2000 French 7570 12015 WEu 2000 Korean (KCBS) 6170 9325 WEu 2000 Korean (KCBS) 7210 11910 SAf 2000 Korean (KCBS) 9975 11535 ME, NAf 2100 Chinese 7235 9345 NECHN 2100 Chinese 9975 11535 CHN 2100 English 7570 12015 WEu 2100 Japanese 621 ?3250 ?7580 9650 J 2200 Chinese 7235 9345 NECHN 2200 Chinese 9975 11535 CHN 2200 Japanese 621 ?3250 ?7580 9650 J 2200 Spanish 7570 12015 WEu 2300 Japanese 621 ?3250 ?7580 9650 J 2300 Korean (KCBS) 7235 9345 NECHN 2300 Korean (KCBS) 7570 12015 WEu 2300 Korean (KCBS) 9975 11535 CHN