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[eamo]

Did you know that 2500 won is added to your electricity bill every month to pay for the TV channels KBS and EBS?

I didn't. Just found that out after 10 years in Korea!

So I've paid 300,000 to KBS and EBS!

However, unlike the BBC who get public funding for program production, KBS and EBS show commercials and get public funding! Bit cheeky, I think.....

[Lazio]

I noticed it a while ago on our electricity bill. We didn't have cable back than and didn't even have a TV. So my wife called them to get rid of that expense but they said it isn't possible. A few months later she called them again and she could cancel it. We even got refund for a few months but not all. I think we paid it for about a year...

[The Floating World]

But eamo, think of all the riches those shows have bought you in terms of education and development over the years!

[eamo]

[Skipperoo]

So that's what that 2,500 is going towards! This has been puzzling me ever since I got here, but for the sake of 2 quid a month I never bothered phoning up to find out.