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Pro-democracy supporters celebrate after pro-Beijing politician Junius Ho lost his election in Hong Kong, November 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
November 25, 2019, 5:46 pm
In major rebuke to Beijing, democracy camp wins Hong Kong elections in landslide
‘It’s nothing short of a revolution,’ analyst says after official results are published; however, China still likely to resist demands by protesters
By EILEEN NG and KEN MORITSUGU
Fires burn at the steps to Hong Kong Polytechnic University as police storm the campus in Hong Kong, early Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Hong Kong police have stormed into a university campus held by protesters after an all-night standoff. Fiery explosions could be seen inside as riot officers entered before dawn Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
November 18, 2019, 3:13 am
Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters as fires rage
Riot police try to break in after an all-night siege that includes firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons; students respond with fire bombs
By KEN MORITSUGU
A protestor throws a molotov cocktail towards a barrier in Hong Kong on August 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
September 1, 2019, 12:17 am
Hong Kong police storm subway with batons as protests rage
With pro-democracy marches showing no signs of abating, demonstrators hurl gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in streets
By KEN MORITSUGU and RAF WOBER
A protester gestures after they broke into the parliament chamber of the government headquarters in Hong Kong on July 1, 2019, on the 22nd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. (VIVEK PRAKASH / AFP)
July 1, 2019, 7:52 pm
Hong Kong protesters break into legislature, deface building
Hundreds of demonstrators tear down portraits of leaders, shatter windows, and spray-paint pro-democracy slogans on walls
By KEN MORITSUGU
In this June 5, 1989 file photo, a Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Changan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square (AP Photo/Jeff Widener, File )
June 5, 2019, 11:01 am
After 30 years, China keeps forcibly blocking any talk about Tiananmen protests
Beijing imposes information lockdown on anniversary, continuing political repression to erase mass killings from public memory; some activists unreachable by phone or text
By KEN MORITSUGU
US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands following a signing ceremony during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
July 9, 2018, 6:10 pm
Harsh words may mean North Korea seeking deal with Trump
US officials were surprised at fiery statement from Pyongyang following bilateral talks, but many see it as a negotiating tactic
By KEN MORITSUGU
In this June 1, 2017 photo, the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, foreground, (DDG 62) makes its way with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, through the Sea of Japan. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/US Navy via AP)
June 17, 2017, 3:46 am
7 US destroyer crew missing after collision off Japan
At least one injured, heavy damage reported to guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald after crash with Philippine-flagged merchant vessel
By KEN MORITSUGU
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