Reporter bio

Kate Woodsome

Kate has been covering international news for more than a decade, living and working in Cuba, Nicaragua, Cambodia and Hong Kong. Before joining VOA, she wrote and edited for various media outlets and international organizations, including Jakarta-based Asia Calling, American Public Media's Marketplace, JP Morgan Chase and the World Bank. She's now tracking U.S. immigration and the human condition from VOA's Washington headquarters but is always hungry to return to the field. Follow her on twitter @kwoodsome.
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People carrying mobile phones walk past a banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), at Hong Kong's financial Central district, June 18, 2013.

Iceland Says It Received Informal Snowden Asylum Inquiry

Government - which has refused to say whether it would grant asylum to NSA leaker - confirms it was contacted by WikiLeaks intermediary More