Kim's comments are in italics.

The hazards of listening or reporting to VOA in Africa.

"A man beaten to death by members of Mugabe's party was told he was being punished because he had let neighbors listen to his radio, tuned in to a Voice of America program aired in Zimbabwe, according to" a Human Rights Watch report. Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2008. "When news broke that hundreds of Puntland government soldiers have joined pirates – presumably to earn a living – the mayor of small-town Somalia who unveiled the report to Puntland-based Radio Garowe and the Voice of America was fired immediately." GaroweOnline.com, 9 June 2008. The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization General Assembly expresses concern "about the arbitrary imprisonment of Mr. José Lello, a former correspondent of Voice of America in Cabinda." UNPO, 9 June 2008.
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