An apparatus and method for providing a pause function of a broadcasting streaming in a terminal are disclosed. A player of the terminal includes a temporary storage buffer. When a key for a pause of broadcasting streaming is inputted, reproducing of streaming is suspended and broadcasting streaming packet data is continuously received from a network and temporarily stored in the temporary storage buffer. When a pause release key is inputted, the broadcasting streaming packet data starts to be reproduced starting from a time point of the pause. Thus, a pause function is provided for a streaming service of broadcasting content whose reproducing rate cannot be controlled by a user.