HONG KONG -- As most of the rioters have surrendered, the standoff at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) that has lasted for more than a week is approaching an end. But the chaos caused at the university lingers, and healing the deep scars left at the campus will be an arduous process.

It was a normal Friday morning but the PolyU campus in Kowloon was extremely quiet. (HK-University-Violence)

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TOKYO -- The Japanese government said Friday that an intelligence-sharing pact with South Korea will not be ended, with Seoul in the 11th hour before the pact was to expire informing Tokyo that it had conditionally suspended its prior decision to end the agreement.

The General Security of Military Information Agreement, known as GSOMIA, is a bilateral military intelligence-sharing accord signed between both countries in November 2016, which has enabled the two neighbors to share military information. (Japan-South Korea-GSOMIA)

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HONG KONG -- Over a week after a 70-year-old street cleaner in Hong Kong died after being struck in the head by a brick thrown by a rioter, his family on Friday grieved over the loss of their loved one, their first in public.

At the site of the incident, his son knelt down in front of the sanitation worker's portrait, saying that "rest in peace, my father." After the mourning, the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) held a press conference for the family. (HK-Violence-Cleaner Death)

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SUVA -- Samoa confirmed on Friday 20 measles-related deaths in the island nation since the outbreak of measles last month.

According to a government statement on Friday, Samoa's Ministry of Health said that a total of 1,644 measles cases have been recorded to the Disease Surveillance Team so far, with 202 cases recorded in the last 24 hours. (Samoa-Measles) Enditem

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