Radio Free Asia’s Water Project Utilizes Citizen Journalism, Investigative...
WASHINGTON, DC – As the global community marks World Water Day, Radio Free Asia (RFA) focuses coverage and multimedia content on the state of freshwater sources and its availability in RFA broadcast...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia Wins Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
Winning Entry Documents Story of Former Tycoon Targeted by Bo Xilai WASHINGTON – Radio Free Asia (RFA) today won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award in the reporting category for hard news. The winning...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia Responds to Freedom of the Press Findings
WASHINGTON – Radio Free Asia (RFA) President Libby Liu today responded to the findings of Freedom House’s Freedom of the Press 2013 report, which designated all six RFA broadcast countries – China,...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia Releases Interactive e-Book on 1989 Tiananmen Crackdown
WASHINGTON, DC – On the eve of the 24th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing, Radio Free Asia released an interactive e-book in Mandarin Chinese, titled...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia Takes Silver, Bronze at New York Festivals
WASHINGTON, DC – Two Radio Free Asia (RFA) reporters were named winners of silver and bronze medals at this year’s New York Festivals radio awards ceremony last night. RFA’s Uyghur Service reporter...
View ArticleBBG Welcomes Lifting of Foreign Media Ban in Cambodia, Urges Complete Media...
The Broadcasting Board of Governors welcomed the decision by the Cambodian government this weekend to lift its ban on Khmer-language programming from overseas ahead of the July 28 national elections,...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia’s ‘Gutter Oil’ Video Goes Viral
WASHINGTON, DC – Radio Free Asia’s shocking video exposé on China’s black market production of “gutter oil” has gone viral on social media and websites around the world. The video, part of RFA’s...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia Wins at AIBs for Tiananmen e-Book
Radio Free Asia (RFA) last night won a top award for its e-book on the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 in the category of innovative production technology at this year’s International Media...
View ArticleRFA Unveils e-Book of Jailed Uyghur Writer Yasin’s Writings
Radio Free Asia (RFA) today launched an e-book collecting the writings of Nurmuhemmet Yasin, an award-winning Uyghur writer whom Chinese authorities sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 2004. The...
View ArticleTibetan Exile Leader Visits Radio Free Asia
WASHINGTON – Speaking with Radio Free Asia (RFA) today, Lobsang Sangay, the political head of the Tibetan government-in-exile, renewed his call for China to find a resolution to the Tibetan issue...
View ArticleBBG Expands Collaboration with Leading International Media
Paris, France – Representatives of leading government-supported international media organizations known collectively as the DG7 agreed to expand collaboration on research — both into technologies and...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia President Responds to Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom...
WASHINGTON – In response to the release of Reporters Without Borders’ 2014 World Press Freedom Index, Radio Free Asia’s President Libby Liu noted that the survey shows little change in the poor media...
View ArticleRFA Wins Gracie for Exposé on ‘Birth Tourism’ in Saipan
WASHINGTON – Radio Free Asia (RFA) has won a Gracie Award for its Cantonese Service’s exposé, “Born in the USA: Instant Citizenship in Saipan,” in the category of investigative program or feature....
View ArticleRadio Free Asia Hosts Vietnamese Bloggers Event Ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Netizens Joined by Experts from U.S. State Department, Google, and other groups WASHINGTON – Marking the upcoming commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Radio Free Asia (RFA) today hosted...
View ArticleRFA Wins at New York Festivals Radio Awards
WASHINGTON – Radio Free Asia (RFA) last night won a bronze medal in the category of Best Human Interest Story at the 2014 New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards for RFA’s Cantonese...
View ArticleDemocracy in Action: BBG Networks Bring Midterm Elections to the World
WASHINGTON – As voters went to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 4, the media networks within the Broadcasting Board of Governors showcased democracy in action and engaged global audiences with the democratic...
View ArticleRFA Unveils e-Book on Asian Women Fighting for Human Rights
WASHINGTON – Ahead of Human Rights Day, Radio Free Asia (RFA) today unveiled an e-book profiling the lives, work, and sacrifice of women from Asian countries and regions under authoritarian rule taking...
View ArticleRSF’s Index Paints “Grim Picture” of Press Freedom’s Future in Asia: RFA...
“In all of RFA’s countries, press freedom continues to be under threat and under attack,” Liu said. “The seriousness of the situation is evidenced in areas once considered the few bright spots of...
View ArticleRFA’s Tibetan Service Launches Satellite TV Broadcast
WASHINGTON – Marking Losar, the Tibetan new year, Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan Service today launched its first satellite television broadcast. The half-hour program airs daily at 6 p.m. in China’s...
View ArticleRFA Launches New Edition of Asian Women’s e-Book
WASHINGTON – Ahead of International Women’s Day, Radio Free Asia (RFA) today launched the second edition of an e-book profiling women from Asian countries and regions under authoritarian rule taking up...
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