KBSN, Seoul ADEX 2025 Air Show TV's first live broadcast
Oct 16, 2025
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'Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2025' is the largest aerospace in Korea?The defense industry exhibition will be held from October 17 (Fri) to 24 (Fri) at Ilsan KINTEX and Seoul Seongnam Airport.
This year, 600 companies from 35 countries participated, the largest ever and the largest in Asia, and from the 17th to the 19th, it will be open to the public at Seongnam Airport in Seoul, and from the 20th to the 24th, it will be held as a business day for aerospace and defense workers.
At the air show on the 17th, the first domestic fighter KF-21 is drawing keen attention as it revealed that it will show a full-fledged pilot maneuver. On top of that, it will be a big attraction for visitors with flight demonstrations of state-of-the-art aircraft at home and abroad.
KBSN (CEO Lee Kang-deok) announced that it will broadcast the air show live for the first time on TV and feature a 90-minute special on the KBS LIFE channel, saying, `We expect that the 90-minute live air show will be a special opportunity for the first time on TV to deliver vivid thrill and emotion to the people of the home turf.'
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The live air show will be hosted by KBSN announcer Shin Seung-joon, and former military reporter Lee Se-hwan, who runs a YouTube channel 'Sharl's Military Research Institute' with 600,000 subscribers, and retired colonel Kim Dong-kyung, a former pilot of the Air Force's combat squadron and a YouTube channel 'Ajae' will guide viewers to the world of 'Military Fan'.
▶ A special episode was produced by collecting behind-the-scenes stories that were not included in the live broadcast…It's been 30 years since we've done a documentary on ADEX
Seoul ADEX began in 1996 with 'Seoul Air Show' and marks its 30th anniversary this year. Since 2009, the seventh year, it has been called the current name and is held every two years.
In addition to the KF-21 pilot maneuver, which will be unveiled in earnest at the air show, the Black Eagles Special Flight Team's high-level maneuvering flight, the armed helicopter LAH (Myron), the short-term maneuver of the independent development trainer KT-1, and the acrobatic flight of the U-2 U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft and the Australian Paul Bennet Air Show team will be shown.
The production team will produce a special air show episode by collecting scenes that cannot be included in the 90-minute live broadcast and will include all stories of 'Seoul ADEX 2025'. In addition, a documentary recording the true nature of ADEX and K-bangsan with a 30-year history will be produced and broadcasted additionally.
KBSN President Lee Kang-deok "The biggest ever?It is very meaningful to be able to broadcast a live air show that will shine at Asia's largest aerospace and defense exhibition 'Seoul ADEX 2025'"We hope that live air shows and documentary broadcasts will provide special attractions to the public and promote the increasing status of K-bangsan."
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