ASIA

Regional

    Radio Free Asia 

        Organization: United States Information Agency
        Broadcasts from: Tajikistan, Armenia, Palau, Saipan, Mongolia, & KNLS Alaska
        Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Tibetan, English, Viet, Burmese, Cambodian
        Identification:
        Active Since: September 1996
        Contact Address
            Asia Pacific Network, USIA, 330 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20547, USA
            Radio Free Asia, 2025 M Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036, USA
            e-mail: [email protected]
        Website
            Radio Free Asia
            Radio Free Asia Official Schedule
            Asian Broadcasting Institute RFA Monitored Schedule
            "RFA Reports Stay Home," Washington Times, June 24, 1998
            "Visa Denial is the Latest Slap at RFA," Washington Times, June 24, 1998
        Monitored
            Jul 98:  0000-0100   7530,   9365,   9920 kHz  Laotian
                       0030-0130  11540, 11580, 11590, 13710, 13820 kHz  Burmese
                       0030-0130  15655, 15695 kHz  Cambodian
                       0300-0500  11540, 13820, 17615, 17880 kHz  Mandarin
                       1100-1200  15660, 15715, 17805 kHz  Laotian
                       1130-1330  15695, 15705, (Fri *1200) 9930 kHz  Cambodian
                       1200-1300  11510 kHz  Cambodian
                       1300-1400  11590, 13830, 17855 kHz  Tibetan
                       1400-1500    9955, 11500 kHz  Cantonese
                       1400-1500    9455,   9930, 11510, 11535 kHz  Vietnamese
                       1500-1600  11530, 11590, 13820 kHz  Burmese
                       1500-1630    9445 kHz  Mandarin
                       1500-1800    9905,  (Fri *1630) 9455 kHz  Mandarin
                       1500-2000  11520, 11945, 15510 kHz  Mandarin
                       1530-1630    5855,   9955, 15660 kHz  Korean
                       1800-2000    9420, 11710, (Fri *1900) 9905 kHz  Mandarin
                       2100-2200    9355,   9420,   9455,  9910, 11765, 15515 kHz  Mandarin
                       2200-2300    9355,   9955, 11500 kHz  Cantonese
                       2200-2300    7460,   9395,   9455, 11785, 15515 kHz  Korean
                       2230-2330    9570,   9930, 11510, 11570 kHz  Cambodian
                       2300-2400    9420,   9910, 11785, 13800, 15515 kHz  Mandarin
                       2300-2400    9365,   9875,   9920 kHz  Tibetan
                       2330-0030    9975,   9980, 11580, 13720 kHz  Vietnamese
                       (Direct via BCDX 372)
            Oct 98: 1400-1500  11580 kHz  Vietnamese
                         1500-1600  7470 kHz  Tibetan
                         1500-1800  9420 kHz  Mandarin
                         1530-1630  9955, 11565, 115680 kHz  Korean
                         1800-2100  7530 kHz  Mandarin
                         2330-0030  11560 kHz  Vietnamese  (PanIview-Bulgaria via BCDX 387)
            Nov 98: On-line Schedule  (Direct)
 

China

    New Star Broadcasting Station  Wave File of Station!
        Organization: Programs consist of Number Transmissions, so this may actually be a spy station.
        Broadcasts from: Announces Taipei, however, may be from PRC China
        Languages: Mandarin Chinese
        Identification: (Mandarin) Zheli shi Xin Xing Guangbo Diantai, di yi tai / di er tai / di san tai (first / second / third)
        Contact Address
        Articles
            New Star Broadcasting Station Hans van de Boogert's excellent page!
        Monitored
            Nov 94: 1500 8300 kHz (Krone, FIN via BBCM via NASWA Jan 95)
            Sep 96: 1530 8300, 11430 kHz (Krone, FIN via DXW 36)
            Nov 96: *1000-1005* 9725, 11430, 8300 kHz (Krone, FIN via DXW 38)
                         1350-1400+ 8300 kHz (Johnson, CO via Cumbre 114)
            Jan 97: 1235+ 8300 kHz (Hill, MA via DXW 49)
            Apr 97: 1500+  8300 kHz  (Krone, FIN via DXW 62)
            Oct 97: 0800-0805*  15388.04 kHz  also uses 8300.1, 9725, & 11429.99 kHz  (van de Boogert, ROC
                         via CDX 159)
                         2300-0900  13750 kHz New Frequency!  (van de Boogert, ROC via CDX 161)
                         11430.00  New Star Channel 1
                         15388.04  New Star Channel 2
                         9725.00    New Star Channel 3
                         8300.1      New Star Channel 4
                         13750.00  New Star Channel 5  (van de Boogert, ROC via CDX 161)
            Apr 98:  1335-1340  8300 kHz  (Krone, DEN via DXW 112)
            Jul 98:  1107+  13750 kHz  (Bryant-USA via CDX 197)


    Voice of China 
        Organization: Foundation for China in the 21st Century
        Broadcasts from: Taiwan, ROC
        Languages: Mandarin Chinese
        Identification: (Mandarin) Zhongguo zhi yin
        Active Since:
        Contact Address
            VOC, P.O.Box 273538, Concord, CA 94527, USA
            Democratization of China, P.O.Box 11663, Berkeley, CA 94701, USA
            Foundation for China in the 21st Century, P.O.Box 11696, Berkeley, CA 94701, USA
            P.O.Box 79218, Monkok, Hong Kong
        Related Website
            Support Democracy in China Currently down
            Asian Broadcasting Institute Clandestine List
        Monitored
            1995: 0830-0930 11940 kHz 2100-2200 15280 kHz (BBCM via CRBweb)
            Nov 97: 0830-0930 11940 kHz
                         2100-2200 15280 kHz (Asian Broadcasting Institute)
            May 98: *2100-2200*  15280 kHz  (Ashimori, JAP via DXW 116)

    Voice of Tibet 
  
        Organization: Foundation Voice of Tibet, an "independent foundation which has no political aims," with the
                assistance of Worldview Rights in Norway.
        Broadcasts from: FEBA Seychelles, Uzbekistan, Russia and Tadzhikistan.
        Languages: Tibetan dialects, including Central/u-Tsang, Amdo, & Kham
        Identification:
        Active Since: July 1996
        Contact Address
            Voice of Tibet, Wellhavensgat 1, 0166 Oslo, Norway [email protected]
            Tel: +47-2211-4980 Fax: +47-2211-4988
        Related Webpage
            Voice of Tibet Homepage
            Japan Tibet Home Page
            Voice of Tibet
            QSL Image and Historical Summary
        Monitored
            Sep 96: 1145-1200 15445, 15480 kHz (Kuhl, GER via DXW 30)
            Dec 96: 1142-1157 15445, 15480 kHz (Dasgupta, IND via DXW 42)
            Feb 97: 1230-1300 7400 kHz Russian transmitter (Berg, MA via DXW 50)
                         1225-1300 Mon-Fri 7400 kHz Tibetan (BBCM via DXW 51)
            May 97: *1220-1255*  11570 kHz (Paniview, BUL via BCDX via DXW 65)
            Aug 97: *1220-1255*  11570 kHz
                          *2230-2300*  7120 kHz  (Goonetilleke, SRI via RNMN Aug 7 via DXW 77)
            Feb 98:  1220-1255  7470 kHz via Dushnabe  (PanIview, BUL via BCDX 350)
            Apr 98:  0000-0030  9380 kHz
                          1225-1255  15605 kHz  (Dasgupta, INDIA via DXW 111)
            May 98: *0000-0030* 9380 kHz  (Hill-USA Apr 23 via TFW 60)
                          1225-1300  15605 kHz  (BBCM via DXW 117)
                          1225-1245*  15605 kHz  (Henderson-Turkey via NU 1477)
            Jul 98:  *1222-1255*  15605 kHz  (Kusalik-Canada via NU 1482,
                                                                Iwata-Japan via CDX 197)
            Sep 98: *1220-1230+  15605 kHz  (Johnson-USA via CDX 207)
            Oct 98:   1221-1255*  15605 kHz  (Ford-USA via DXW 137)
            Nov 98:  1220-1255*  7470, 11520 kHz via Dushanbe (PanIview-Bulgaria via BCDX 391)
                            1225-1255*  7465 kHz  (Bueschel-Germany via BCDX 391)
                            1235-1255* 7465 kHz  (Krueger-USA via NU 1501)


Indonesia
Websites     Voice of East Timor
        Organization: Portuguese & East Timorese activists supporting the communist Fretilin group
        Broadcasts from: Radio Portugal
        Languages: Portuguese, Tetum
        Identification: (Portuguese) A Voz da Timor Lestee
        Active Since: September, 1995
        Contact Address
            Radio Portugal International, Rua de S. Marcal 1, 1200 Lisboa, Portugal
        Related Website
        Monitored
            Sep 95: *1000-1200*  17595 kHz (Texeira, POR via Jihad DX 53)
            Jun 97: *1000-1200*  17595 kHz (Texeira, POR via Cumbre 144)
            Nov 97: 0800-1000 Sat, Sun  17595 kHz in Tetum  Jammed by pulse jammer
                          1205-1400 Mon-Fri  17595 kHz in Portuguese & Tetum  Jammed by pulse jammer
                                    (BBCM via Cumbre 165)
            Jan 98:  0800-1000 Sat, Sun  17710 kHz in Tetum
                        1200-1400 Mon-Fri  17710 kHz in Portuguese & Tetum  (PanIview, BUL via
                        WWDXC 343)
            Mar 98:  Going off the air on March 31!  (World of Radio 933 via DXW 108)
            Apr 98:  1205-1300 Mon-Fri  17495 kHz  (Direct via R Austria via BCDX 358)
            May 98: 0700-0900  17710 kHz  Sat, Sun Portuguese
                         1105-1200  17710 kHz  Mon-Fri  Tetum
                         1200-1300  17710 kHz  Mon-Fri  Portuguese (Noel Green-UK via BCDX 362)
            Jun 98:  0700-0900  17740 (x 17640) Sat, Sun Portuguese
                         1105-1200  17740 (x 17640) Mon-Fri  Tetum
                         1200-1300  17740 (x 17640) Mon-Fri  Portuguese  (Berg-USA via NU 1478)
            Jul 98:  0700-0900  Sat, Sun  17740 kHz
                       1100-1300  Mon-Fri  17740 kHz  (Green-UK via BCDX 371)
            Nov 98: 1200-1400  Mon-Fri  17740 kHz
                          0900-1000  Sat-Sun  17740 kHz  (Green-UK via BCDX 391)
 
    Radio Free East Timor

        Organization: East Timor International Support Center
        Broadcasts from:
        Languages: Tetum, Indonesian
        Identification:
        Active Since: Planned
        Contact Address
        Related Website
            East Timor International Support Center (ETISC)
        Monitored

Myanmar
Websites
    Democratic Voice of Burma  
 
        Organization: Student activists under the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, and assisted
                by Worldview Rights in Norway.
        Broadcasts from: Juelich, Germany, Kvitsoe, Norway and Dushanbe, Tajikistan
        Languages: Maymo
        Identification: (Maymo) Democratic Myanmar a-Than
        Active Since: July 19, 1992
        Contact Address
            Maung Maung Myint, P.O.Box 6720, Skt. Olavs Plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway
                Phone: +47 22 200021, Fax: +47 22 362525 [email protected]
        Related Website
            Democratic Voice of Burma
            Democratic Voice of Burma Schedule
            Free Burma Organization
        Monitored
            May 97: *1230-1300*  7330 kHz Vladivostok // 11830 kHz Uzbekistan  (Paniview, BUL via BCDX
                          via DXW 65)
            Jul 97: *1245-1345*  15330 kHz  via Juelich, Germany (Erbe, NETH via DXW 75)
                        *1430-1455*  11850 kHz  (Direct via DXW 76)
            Dec 97: *1245+  15330 kHz  (Hill, MA via DXW 92)
                        *1245-1345*  15330 kHz  (Grace, DC)
            Mar 98:  *1245-1345*  9425 // 15330 kHz  (PanIview, BUL via BCDX 357)
            Apr 98:  *1245-1345*  11520, 15625, 15330 kHz  (Pashkevich, RUS via CDX 187)
                          *1430-1455*  11850, 15625 kHz  (Dasgupta, IND via DXW 113)
            May 98: *1245-1345*  11520 kHz (Tajikistan) and 15330 kHz (Juelich)
                         *1430-1455*  11850 kHz (Norway)  (BBCM via DXW 114)
            Jun 98:  *1245-1345* 13820, 15075, 15330 kHz  (Goonetilleke-Sri Lanka &
                            Bueschel-Germany via BCDX 365 & 366)
            Jul 98:  1245-1345  13820 (Dushanbe), 15330 (Germany) kHz
                                (PanIview-Bulgaria via BCDX 371 & Liangas-Greece)
            Aug 98:  *1245-1345*  13820 (Dushanbe), 15330 (Germany) kHz
                          *1430-1455*  11850 (Norway), 13820 (Dushanbe), 15635 (Germany) kHz
                                (Direct via BCDX 376)
            Nov 98:  *1245-1345*  5945 (Khaborovsk), 7490 (Dushanbe), 13820 (Dushanbe),
                                                   15330 (Juelich) kHz
                           *1430-1455*  5945 (Khaborovsk), 7490 (Dushanbe), 11850 (Kvitsoey),
                                                   13820 (Dushanbe), 15635 (Juelich) kHz  (Bueschel and
                                                                                         Ludwig-Germany via CDX 213)
North Korea
Websites     Echo of Hope 
        Organization: Korean Living Abroad (Agency for National Security Planning)
        Broadcasts from: Kyonggi-do, South Korea
        Languages: Korean
        Identification: (Korean) Shimang e mei ari pangsong imnida
        Active Since: June 1973 (Before 1973 as the Voice of Reunification)
        Contact Address
        Related Website
            Asian Broadcasting Institute Clandestine List
       Monitored
            Nov 97: 0300-0600  6345 kHz  (Ashimori, JAP via Cumbre 164)
                         0300-0600  6348 kHz
                         0900-1200, 1200-1500, 1500-1800, 1800-2100  3985 kHz (Yamashita, JAP via Asian
                         Broadcasting Institute)
            Dec 97: 1200+  3985 kHz  (Grace, DC)
            May 98: 0300-0600  6348 kHz
                          0900-2100  3985 kHz  (Ashimori, JAP via DXW 114)
            Jul 98:  0300-0600 6348 kHz
                        0900-2100 3985 kHz  (BBCM via DXW 121)
                        1136  3985 kHz  (Bryant-USA via CDX 197)

    Voice of the People 
        Organization: Korean Workers' Union (in fact, Korean Armed Forces)
        Broadcasts from: Kyonggi-do, South Korea (two sites)
        Languages: Korean
        Identification: (Korean) Yoginun Pyongyang-eso ponadurinun imninuisoribang-imnida
                             (English) This is the Voice of the People coming to you from Pyongyang
        Active Since: June 25, 1985
        Contact Address
        Related Website
            Asian Broadcasting Institute Clandestine List Photo of Transmitter site!
        Monitored
            Jun 97: 0300-0700  6518 // 6600 kHz
                        1100-2100  3912 kHz
                        2300-0100  6600 kHz (Yamashita, JAP via Asian Broadcasting Institute)
            Dec 97: 1200+  3912 kHz  (Grace, DC)
            May 98: 0300-0700  Korean  6518 6600
                          1100-2100  3912 kHz
                          2300-0100  6600 kHz  (Ashimori, JAP via DXW 114)
            Jul 98:  0300-0700  6518, 6600 kHz
                        1100-2100  3912 kHz
                        2300-0100  6600 kHz  (BBCM via DXW 121)
            Dec 98: 1920+  3911 kHz  (Liangas-Greece via CRW 19)
South Korea

    Voice of National Salvation  
        Organization: Front for the National Salvation, backed by North Korea
        Broadcasts from: Pyongyang, Haeju & Wonsan, North Korea
                4120 kHz is shared with 9665 kHz Korean Central Broadcasting Station from Pyongyang
                6010 kHz is shared with 6250 kHz Pyongyang Broadcasting Station from Pyongyang
                4400 kHz is shared with 3560 kHz Radio Pyongyang's feeder from Pyongyang
                1053 and 4557 kHz from Haeju, 4450 kHz from Pyongyang, 3480 kHz from Wonsan
        Languages: Korean, English
        Identification: (Korean) Kobugei Sori Pangsong imnida
        Active Since: Aug 9, 1985, however, the station has had a long history with other names:
                Voice of the Revolutionary Party for Reunification (Jun 15, 1970)
                Radio Station of the South Korean Democratic National League for Liberation (Mar 15, 1967)
        Contact Address
            Kankoku Minzoku Minshu Tenzen, Amatsu Bld, 2-1 Hirakawa 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
            e-mail: [email protected]
        Related Website
            Kuguk Chonson
            Center for Human Rights in South Korea
            Asian Broadcasting Institute Clandestine List Photo of Transmitter site!
        Monitored
            Jan 98:  0300-0700 KK    1053, 3480, 4450, 4557 kHz
                         1000-1700 KK    1053, 3480, 4120, 4450, 4557, 6010* kHz (*-1400)
                         2000-0030 KK    1053, 3480, 4450, 4557 kHz
                         0030-0100 EE    1053, 3480, 4450, 4557 kHz  (Ashimori, JAP via CDX 174)
            Feb 98:  1025+  3481, 4120, 4450, 4557, 6010.3 kHz  (Johnson, FL via CDX 178)
            May 98: 0300-0700  1053, 3480, 4450, 4557 kHz
                          1000-1400  1053, 3480, 4120, 4450, 4557, 6010 kHz
                          1000-1700  1053, 3480, 4120, 4450, 4557 kHz
                          2000-0030  1053, 3480, 4450, 4557 kHz
                          0030-0100  English 1053, 3480, 4450, 4557 kHz  (Ashimori, JAP via DXW 114)
            Jul 98:  0030-0100 English 4557, 4450, 3480, 1053 kHz
                        0300-0700 Korean  4557, 4450, 3480, 1053 kHz
                        1000-1400 Korean  6010, 4557, 4450, 4120, 3480, 1053 kHz
                        1000-1700 Korean  4557, 4450, 4120, 3480, 1053 kHz
                        2000-0030 Korean  4557, 4450, 4120, 3480, 1053 kHz  (BBCM via DXW 121)
            Sep 98: 1050-1145  4120.1, 4450 kHz  (Novello-USA via DXW 129)
            Nov 98: 1530+  4557 kHz  (Krone-Denmark via DXW 139)
                          2145+  4557 kHz  (Nigro-Uruguay via NU 1500)
            Dec 98: 2209+  4120, 4450 kHz  (Harms-USA via CDX 218)