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Continuing with the second half of our AANHPI Heritage Month episode with guests Boer Deng and Charlie Dharapak.

*How it's Made*
The panel discusses their journey to becoming journalists and navigating expectations from their parents to adhere to traditional markers of success.

The conversation then shifts to how Asian Americans are making an impact in journalism today, and what we would like to see done better.

On this episode of RFA Insider:

May is Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so in the rundown, a four person panel of RFA staffers discuss Asian representation in U.S. media over the years.

Recording went on longer than expected so we stopped at the end of the rundown and How it's made will appear in the second half.

On this episode of RFA Insider:

*The Rundown*

V-pop singer Dam Vinh Hung gets in trouble for wearing military costume with medals that look South Vietnamese

North Korea releases a song that praises Kim Jong Un and displays expensive instruments, a possible violation of sanctions.

*How It's Made*

Discussing the espionage case of Wang Shujun, a Chinese-American pro-democracy activist accused of spying for Beijing, with Jane Tang and Tara McKelvey from RFA Investigative.

On this episode of RFA Insider:

*The Rundown*
China's Douyin removes 700 'micro dramas' from its platform for showing too much family drama.
Coffee culture spreads in North Korea despite being associated with capitalists.

*How it's made*
Kyaw Min Htun from RFA Burmese joins the insiders to discuss the situation in Myawaddy, on the border between Myanmar and Thailand.

On this episode of RFA Insider:

*The Rundown*
North Korea goes after people who carry bags on their shoulders
Lao fisherman posts videos of himself using explosives to catch fish

*How it's made*
Shen Ke from RFA's Asia Fact Check Lab is in to discuss the importance of fact checking to counter disinformation.

On this episode of RFA Insider:

*The Rundown*
16 Bears rescued from bile-harvesting farm in Laos
China's 'Little Pink' nationalists go over Chinese beverage company for being 'too Japanese'

*How it's made*
RFA's social media editor, Wilson explains the ins and outs of social media at Radio Free Asia.