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Hong Kong denies entry to Reporters Without Borders representative
HONG KONG (AP) -- Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday that one of its representatives was denied entry into Hong Kong, calling it a "new decline" in the city's press freedoms.
Japan says it won't rule out any steps to deal with excessive yen swings
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Thursday said authorities would not rule out any steps to deal with excessive exchange-rate swings.
Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia’s relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns
RUN TA EK, Cambodia (AP) — It’s been more than a year since Yem Srey Pin moved with her family from the village where she was born on Cambodia’s Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site to Run Ta Ek, a dusty new settlement about 25 kilometers (15 miles) away.
Hong Kong denies entry to Reporters Without Borders’ representative in latest blow to press freedoms
HONG KONG (AP) — Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday that one of its representatives was denied entry into Hong Kong, calling it a “new decline” in the city’s press freedoms.
South Korea’s prime minister and top presidential officials offer to resign after election defeat
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s prime minister and senior presidential officials offered to resign en masse on Thursday, media reports said, after their conservative ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections.
2 Philippine navy pilots are killed when a training helicopter crashes, authorities say
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine navy training helicopter crashed Thursday in a grassy area near a city public market south of the capital, killing the two pilots on board, the military and police said.