May 23, 2012

May 23, 2012

From Sweden, Christer Brunstrom, who said he spent much more time listening to us in May after traveling quite a lot in April, reported tuning in to our May 19 broadcast...
May 16, 2012

May 16, 2012

This week we continued to receive letters from listeners in North America who tuned in to our broadcasts on 6175 kHz and expressed concerns that the closing of the Canadian...
May 9, 2012

May 9, 2012

A letter we received this week from a family of 5 with 3 children who really love shortwave radio. We enjoyed very much their very nice postcards and especially a...

FULRO reactionaries arrested in Central Highlands

The police in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai yesterday arrested a number of FULRO reactionaries in Hra Commune, Mang Yang District, who allegedly incited locals to sabotage national...
April 25, 2012

April 25, 2012

A: Summer has arrived suddenly here in Hanoi where we are having lots of sunshine with temperatures above 32 Degrees Celsius. This week we received warm greetings from springlike Stockholm...
April 11, 2012

April 11, 2012

A: We’d like to begin this week’s Letter Box with a letter from Japanese listener Fumito Hokamura, who, in his letter to us on March 4th, said he’s very interested in...
Gongs in the lives of Central Highlanders

Gongs in the lives of Central Highlanders

Gong music is sacred to the Ede, for whom the sound of gongs evokes their origin myth, the Dam San epic. This story tells about the Ede leader, Dam San, longed to marry...
Iraq faces recurring violence

Iraq faces recurring violence

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. The Iraq’s highest-ranking Sunni official is accused of being involved in...