TAIPEI: Taiwan was rated the top Asian nation for the fourth straight year in the latest World Press Freedom Index released last week by France-based Reporters without Borders (RSF).

In the survey of 180 countries and territories, Taiwan finished 51st, outperforming South Korea, 60th; Japan, 61st; Hong Kong, 70th; Singapore, 153rd; and mainland China, 176th. Finland, Norway and Denmark topped the list in that order. The Philippines was ranked at 149.

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