Embattled U.S. broadcaster Radio Free Asia (RFA) is set to resume its online Korean-language service this week, paving the way for a return to radio broadcasts delivering news of the outside world to North Koreans in the near future.

“RFA will restart news content production this week for North Korean audiences, which we will follow up with self-financed shortwave broadcasts on a limited basis,” RFA’s Chief Communications Officer Rohit Mahajan told NK News on Sunday.

The resumption of online news output comes half a year after the U.S. government-funded outlet stopped website updates and broadcasts to North Korea due to