Radio Free Asia announced this week that its radio broadcasts have been drastically cut as transmissions were halted from relay stations owned or leased by the U.S. government. RFA informed listeners on Thursday that shortwave radio broadcasts for its Mandarin, Tibetan and Lao language services have stopped entirely. The broadcaster, which is funded by the U.S. Congress, said a heavily reduced schedule remains in place for RFA Burmese, Khmer, Korean and Uyghur language services. The U.S. Agency for Global Media, or USAGM, which oversees RFA, abruptly terminated its federal grant…
Day: April 4, 2025
Netizens demand China reinstate Tibetan language use in schools
Hundreds of Tibetans have taken to social media to demand that China restore Tibetan language studies in schools, just days after Beijing released a white paper claiming that the right to use Tibetan language is guaranteed in Tibet. In the March 28 report about human rights in Tibet, China said the use of Tibetan language is widespread in government documents, public notices, media and schools, and that courses on both Mandarin and Tibetan are taught in primary and secondary schools in the region. But Tibetans say that isn’t true, and…
South Korean court removes President Yoon from office after martial law debacle
Updated on April 4, 2025, at 1:50 p.m. ET TAIPEI, Taiwan – South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, removing him from office following his short-lived imposition of martial law, and possibly paving the way for an easing of tensions with bitter rival North Korea. Yoon was impeached by the opposition-controlled National Assembly in mid-December on charges of violating the constitution and other laws by declaring martial law on Dec. 3. He ordered troops to the National Assembly to stop lawmakers from voting against the…