Announcing the move, staff at the outlet said 'authoritarian regimes are already celebrating' its potential demise.

After more than three decades of operation, Radio Free Asia has shuttered amid the U.S. government shutdown.

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

Announcing the move, staff at the outlet said 'authoritarian regimes are already celebrating' its potential demise.