RFA will begin closing overseas bureaus, as well as laying off and paying severance to staff members, with the hope that it could return in the future RFA will begin closing overseas bureaus, as well as laying off and paying severance to staff members, with the hope that it could return in the future Radio Free Asia (RFA) has said it is suspending its news operations due to the US government shutdown and the Trump administration’s cuts to government-funded news services . “RFA has been forced