Eyes on Asia Podcast
1) Will the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan revitalize terror groups in SE Asia?
Eyes on Asia looks at how the Taliban takeover could resonate beyond the borders of Afghanistan. National War College professor Zachary Abuza discusses how it might revitalize terror groups in Southea...Show More
Will the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan revitalize terror groups in SE Asia?
1:46:04 | Aug 27th, 2021
2) China and Vietnam duped by COVID misinformation
COVID misinformation has caused red faces in China and Vietnam this week. Eyes on Asia looks at how both nations were duped by fake news related to the pandemic that from the perspective of each gover...Show More
3) A lonely, independent voice on Camboida's news media ethics panel
The authoritarian Cambodian government is forming a commission to monitor a segment of the population that already have their backs against the wall -- journalists. Eyes on Asia speaks to Nop Vy, the ...Show More
4) Two steps forward, 100 steps back in Myanmar
It has been six months since the Myanmar military’s Feb. 1 coup that all but erased democracy and human rights progress made in the country since 2011. RFA Myanmar journalist Kyaw Min Htun brings us u...Show More
5) 'Seditious' children's book censored in Hong Kong
Hong Kong arrested the publishers of a "seditious sheep" children's book in the latest sign of stultifying repression in a once vibrant city. RFA Cantonese journalist Carmen Wu (3:23) tells Eyes on As...Show More
6) US tightens the screw on China over Uyghur crackdown
In the six months since outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a determination that China’s treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang met the definition of genocide, Washington has ramped up policies a...Show More
7) Could food shortages in North Korea Signal a Repeat of the 1990's Famine?
After a springtime of increasingly dire warnings of food shortages from UN officials and even leader Kim Jong Un himself, this month North Korea told work units and organizations at all levels in the ...Show More
8) Behind the brutal interrogation of a journalist in Myanmar
Eyes on Asia interviews Nathan Maung, the editor-in-chief of Kamayut Media, who was detained for three months by Myanmar's junta. He recounts the brutal interrogation he faced, life inside prison and ...Show More
9) Hong Kong mourns loss of “old friend” Apple Daily
Hong Kong's feisty Apple Daily newspaper printed its last copy on June 24. The 26-year-old pro-democracy tabloid is the latest victim to an ever-broadening crackdown on public criticism of the governm...Show More
10) Gambling magnate on the run from China, prospers in Cambodia
Eyes on Asia speaks with Jack Davies, principal author of a new RFA investigation into Chinese tycoon who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in China for running a huge, illicit gamblin...Show More