Carolyn Bartholomew (Chair), Michael J. Green, Michael Kempner, Keith Richburg, Shanthi Kalathil, Allison Hooker
Parent organization
U.S. Agency for Global Media
Budget
$51.3 million (2023)
Staff
253[4]
Website
rfa.org
Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a United States government-funded private non-profit corporation operating a news service that broadcasts radio programs and publishes online news, information, and commentary for its audiences in Asia.[5][6][7][8] The service, which provides editorially independent reporting,[6][7][8] has the stated mission of providing accurate and uncensored reporting to countries in Asia that have poor media environments and limited protections for speech and press freedom[9][10][11] and "advancing the goals of United States foreign policy."[12]
Based on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and preceded by the CIA-operated Radio Free Asia (Committee for a Free Asia), it was established by the US International Broadcasting Act of 1994 with the stated aim of "promoting democratic values and human rights", and countering the narratives and monopoly on information distribution of the Chinese Communist Party, as well as providing media reports about the North Korean government.[13][page needed] It is funded and supervised by the U.S. Agency for Global Media[14] (formerly Broadcasting Board of Governors), an independent agency of the United States government.
RFA distributes content in ten Asian languages for audiences in Mainland China, Hong Kong, North Korea, Laos, Cambodia,[15] Vietnam and Myanmar.[16]
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^"Min Mitchell, Executive Editor". rfa.org. Radio Free Asia. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^"RFA – USAGM". Archived from the original on January 4, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
^Wong, Edward (March 3, 2016). "Tibetan Monk, 18, Dies After Self-Immolation to Protest Chinese Rule". The New York Times.
^ abDenyer, Simon (February 28, 2018). "China detains relatives of U.S. reporters in apparent punishment for Xinjiang coverage". The Washington Post. Their reporting for the U.S. government-funded news organization has offered one of the only independent sources of information about the crackdown in the province
^ abBall, Molly (December 16, 2017). "When the Presses Stop". The Atlantic.
^ abBeitsch, Rebecca (April 6, 2021). "In departure from Trump, State affirms editorial freedom of Voice of America". The Hill. USAGM, which runs Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and other networks, is funded by the government but operates under an editorial "firewall" designed to block any interference in its coverage.
^"VOA, Radio Free Asia get editors back post-Trump but worry about damage". France 24. AFP. January 26, 2021.
^"Mission". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^Folkenflik, David (January 15, 2021). "New Chief's Ties Shock Radio Free Asia, While Pompeo Visit To VOA Stirs Outcry". National Public Radio.
^"USAGM". USAGM. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^David Welch (November 27, 2013). "ch. 7; Radio Free Asia And China's Harmonious Society (Gary D. Rawnsley)". Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85773-737-3. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
^"RFA". U.S. Agency for Global Media. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
^Multiple sources:
Laura Oliver (July 6, 2023). "As Cambodia approaches a crucial election, journalists suffer shutdowns and abuse". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; University of Oxford. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
Staff Writer (August 2, 2023). Cambodia: Access to Independent Media Blocked. Human Rights Watch. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
^"Radio Free Asia | USAGov". Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
RadioFreeAsia (RFA) is a United States government-funded private non-profit corporation operating a news service that broadcasts radio programs and publishes...
stations are: RadioFree Afghanistan RadioFreeAsiaRadioFree Europe RadioFree Iraq RadioFree Syria The term is also applied to other local radio and internet...
interfere with radio broadcasts. In most instances, radio jamming targets foreign broadcasters, including Voice of America (VOA), RadioFreeAsia, the BBC World...
the government) and reports by RadioFreeAsia, a United States government-funded news service that operates in East Asia. The country allegedly carries...
Ethiopian Satellite Television and Eritrean radio stations. Vietnam jams the Vietnamese service of RadioFreeAsia, Radio Đáp Lời Song Núi, some FEBC programs...
suburban Oakton, Virginia, but had been working as general counsel at RadioFreeAsia in downtown Washington. He had stayed the night at the home of friends...
Re-Education Camp'". RadioFreeAsia. Retrieved 24 May 2018. "Uyghur Teenager Dies in Custody at Political Re-Education Camp". RadioFreeAsia. Retrieved 14...
RadioFreeAsia. Translated by Rachel Vandenbrink. Refworld.org. 4 April 2013. "Eight Vietnamese Women Remain Trapped in Russia Brothel". RadioFree Asia...
Hoja (born 1973) is a Uyghur–American journalist who has worked for RadioFreeAsia since 2001. In November 2019, Hoja received the Magnitsky Human Rights...
services aimed at Cuba (Radio y Televisión Martí) and the People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Laos and North Korea (RadioFreeAsia). Besides ideological...
at the Wayback Machine "Southeast Asia's Newest Rebel Group Calls Bangladesh 'Great Neighbor'". RadioFreeAsia. Archived from the original on 13 September...
in Xinjiang's Aksu Separated by Crematorium". RadioFreeAsia. Mirovalev, Mansur. "Why are Central Asian countries so quiet on Uighur persecution?". Al...
"海外异议人士只身前往乌克兰 见到了什么？". RadioFreeAsia. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2022-03-25. "旅美异见人士纽约中领馆外绝食抗议上海封城". RadioFreeAsia. Archived from...
Migrant Workers Evacuated From Conflict Zone in Myanmar's Shan State". RadioFreeAsia. 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved...
German daily Doxbin (defunct) It's Going Down ProPublica RadioFreeAsia (V2) RadioFree Europe/Radio Liberty The Guardian The Intercept The New York Times...
FM, cable FM, digital radio, digital TV and online. Beijing Media Network was founded on 16 May 1979. It covers China, Asia and North America. China...
numerous of the offices, with the latter beginning their program in 2019. RadioFreeAsia reported that as of October 2022, a total of 54 such stations had been...
阿富汗人士参与". RadioFreeAsia. 2021-10-01. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2024-04-07. "美国加州多族裔"十一"集会 抗议中国政治迫害". RadioFreeAsia. 2022-10-02...
Reuters. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2022. "RadioFreeAsia hosts secure mirror websites for Asian, Chinese audiences". U.S. Agency for Global Media...
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