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Radio Free Asia halting operations for first time in 29-year-history amid shutdown

Radio Free Asia will close overseas bureaus and lay off over 90% of staff due to funding cuts after the U.S. Agency for Global Media terminated its grant, ending news production Oct. 31.

  • Radio Free Asia, founded nearly 30 years ago to report on China and other Asian countries without independent media, halted production after the US government ceased funding.
  • Radio Free Asia was a rare outlet with a Uyghur-language service not linked to Beijing and reported on mass detention camps set up for Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region.
  • Radio Free Asia's closure comes as Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on an Asia trip and looks for better relations with China, which has long accused RFA of 'false news.
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Radio Free Asia says it is halting its news operations due to funding troubles

Radio Free Asia says it is shutting down its news operations on Friday with its financing in dire straits due to the U.S. government shutdown and the Trump administration's moves against government-funded news services.

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Radio Free Asia broke the news in United States on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
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