RFA Insider

Continuing with the second half of our AANHPI Heritage Month episode with guests Boer Deng and Charlie Dharapak. *How it's Made* The panel discusses their journey to becoming journalists and navigating expectations from their parents to adhere to traditional markers of success. The conversation then shifts to how Asian Americans are making an impact in journalism today, and what we would like to s...

On this episode of RFA Insider: May is Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so in the rundown, a four person panel of RFA staffers discuss Asian representation in U.S. media over the years. Recording went on longer than expected so we stopped at the end of the rundown and How it's made will appear in the second half. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

On this episode of RFA Insider: *The Rundown* V-pop singer Dam Vinh Hung gets in trouble for wearing military costume with medals that look South Vietnamese North Korea releases a song that praises Kim Jong Un and displays expensive instruments, a possible violation of sanctions. *How It's Made* Discussing the espionage case of Wang Shujun, a Chinese-American pro-democracy activist accused of spyi...

On this episode of RFA Insider: *The Rundown* China's Douyin removes 700 'micro dramas' from its platform for showing too much family drama. Coffee culture spreads in North Korea despite being associated with capitalists. *How it's made* Kyaw Min Htun from RFA Burmese joins the insiders to discuss the situation in Myawaddy, on the border between Myanmar and Thailand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

On this episode of RFA Insider: *The Rundown* North Korea goes after people who carry bags on their shoulders Lao fisherman posts videos of himself using explosives to catch fish *How it's made* Shen Ke from RFA's Asia Fact Check Lab is in to discuss the importance of fact checking to counter disinformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of RFA Insider: *The Rundown* 16 Bears rescued from bile-harvesting farm in Laos China's 'Little Pink' nationalists go over Chinese beverage company for being 'too Japanese' *How it's made* RFA's social media editor, Wilson explains the ins and outs of social media at Radio Free Asia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of RFA Insider: *The Rundown* Taiwanese YouTubers get in trouble in Cambodia for kidnapping hoax video Police in Vietnam stop an R-rated film to check IDs of moviegoers *How It's Made* Tenzin Pema from RFA Tibetan joins us to discuss exclusive coverage of protests in Tibet over China's plan to build a dam that will destroy at least six monasteries and at least two villages Hosted o...

On this episode of RFA Insider: *The Rundown* China introduces the 'Year of the Loong.' Jimmy Carter did NOT say that Taiwan belongs to China *How It's Made* Jamin Anderson from RFA Korean talks about her interview with Ilya Voskresensky, a Russian travel blogger who was among the first guided tour of North Korea in four years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.