{"id":65200,"date":"2026-01-18T08:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65200"},"modified":"2026-01-18T08:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:13:18","slug":"rfa-to-resume-broadcasts-to-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/rfa-to-resume-broadcasts-to-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"RFA to resume broadcasts to North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Richard Cuff, who highlights a recent Reuters report<\/a> on Radio Free Asia\u2019s plans to resume Korean-language broadcasts aimed at reaching listeners in North Korea after a period of reduced operations.<\/p>\n

Radio Free Asia intends to restart weekly radio programming later this month alongside its revived digital content–a move that underscores the ongoing effort to provide uncensored news to audiences where such access is otherwise severely<\/em> limited.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article: https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/radio-free-asia-resume-korean-broadcasts-reach-north-2026-01-16\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Richard Cuff, who highlights a recent Reuters report on Radio Free Asia\u2019s plans to resume Korean-language broadcasts aimed at reaching listeners in North Korea after a period of reduced operations. Radio Free Asia intends to restart weekly radio programming later this month alongside its revived digital content–a move that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[1529,1093,1012,4082],"class_list":["post-65200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-radio-free-asia","tag-rfa","tag-richard-cuff","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gXC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60528,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/rfa-announces-qsl-card-86\/","url_meta":{"origin":65200,"position":0},"title":"RFA Announces QSL Card #86","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who shares the following announcement from Radio Free Asia: Dear friends, Below is the press release for RFA's QSL card # 86, our latest QSL card design, which marks Radio Free Asia 28 Anniversary. 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