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'China had to latch on': Voice of America's demise leaves opening for CCP

China is increasing its media influence in Africa and Asia, filling the gap left by U.S. outlets like VOA after funding cuts during Trump's presidency.

2025.7.14

Screen captured image of the KBS report that includes Voice of America's radio broadcast on Aug. 15, 1945. It aired message that Japanese Emperor Hirohito would broadcast an imperial rescript shortly.[SCREEN CAPTURE]

Voice of America radio broadcast first to announce Japan's 1945 surrender, historians find

Historians have found that a broadcast from U.S.-based Voice of America (VOA) was the first to inform the Korean public of Japan’s surrender to the Allies at the end of World War II, according to People Power Party Rep. Bae Hyun-jin on Wednesday.

2024.9.19

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Suspected North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenades with a distinctive red stripe on their warhead are seen at an Israeli military base in southern Israel on Oct. 15, after they were seized from the armed Palestinian group Hamas. [AP/YONHAP]

U.S. says Hamas received North's weapons through intermediaries

The U.S. State Department said Tuesday (local time) that North Korean-made weapons were likely transferred via intermediaries to Hamas, the armed Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip that launched a surprise attack against Israel last month.

2023.11.8

YouTuber ″Song A″ talks about her life as a student in the North Korean capital. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Pyongyang propagandists on YouTube shuttered for violations

For over a year, two YouTube channels run by North Korean vloggers who went by “Song A” and “Yu Mi” offered curious outsiders rosy glimpses of what appeared to be their day-to-day lives in the North Korean capital.

2023.6.27

A new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile is shown at a North Korean military parade held in Pyongyang on Feb. 8 in this photograph released by the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency. [YONHAP]

Images suggest North preparing for military parade

Satellite images appear to show North Korea preparing to hold a military parade, according to an analysis by Voice of America (VOA) released on Tuesday.

2023.5.16

A photo released by the Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central Television on Feb. 7, 2016 shows the launch of the regime's Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite from the Sohae Satellite Testing Ground in Cholsan, North Pyongan Province. [YONHAP]

Despite Kim's call, work still ongoing at North's launch site

Photos of a satellite launch site in North Korea taken Wednesday show work is still ongoing despite leader Kim Jong-un's urgings that the regime's first spy satellite be launched within the month, according to Voice of America on Thursday.

2023.4.20

Tag: voice of america

voice of america

Latest News

'China had to latch on': Voice of America's demise leaves opening for CCP

Voice of America radio broadcast first to announce Japan's 1945 surrender, historians find

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U.S. says Hamas received North's weapons through intermediaries

Pyongyang propagandists on YouTube shuttered for violations

Images suggest North preparing for military parade

Despite Kim's call, work still ongoing at North's launch site