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China on Friday insisted that growing ties between Pyongyang and Moscow were not its concern, after the United States warned up to 8,000 North Korean troops have reached Russia’s border region trained and ready for combat with Ukraine. “North Korea and Russia are two independent sovereign states. How they develop bilateral relations is their own […]

By Akio Wang with Amber Wang and Joy Chiang in Taipei Workers cleared fallen trees and shop owners swept up debris in Taiwan on Friday after one of the biggest typhoons to hit the island in decades claimed at least two lives. Typhoon Kong-rey was packing wind speeds of 184 kilometres an hour (114 miles […]

A total of 34 passengers were injured after a ferry bumped into a pier in Hong Kong’s financial district. The vessel was carrying workers to construction sites at Lamma Island’s power station. At around 7.10 am on Friday, a Tsui Wah Ferry Service vessel carrying 120 people hit the pier when it was docking at […]

A coalition of migrant worker associations and unions in Hong Kong has expressed its “sorrow and anger” at the suspected murder of an Indonesian domestic worker in the city. In an emailed statement on Thursday, the Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body (AMBC) said it expressed its “deepest sorrow and anger over the tragic death of a […]

Four Hong Kong men, including 19-year-old twins, have been sentenced to up to three years in prison for rioting in 2019 during the extradition bill unrest, after the judge cut their sentences because of the long delay in bringing them to justice. Deputy District Judge David Cheung on Thursday jailed Chow Chi-wan and Yuen Yan-lam […]

Six members of the pro-democracy League of Social Democrats (LSD) have been fined up to HK$1,000 for raising funds and displaying banners without a permit, with one alleging the case was a “political prosecution.” Four others pleaded not guilty. LSD chair Chan Po-ying was among the four who pleaded not guilty at the Eastern Magistrates’ […]

Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan has obtained Hong Kong residency under a talent scheme known as the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, citing the city’s tax system, food and the popularity of snooker as attractions, the Immigration Department has announced. Talking to immigration director Benson Kwok in a video released on Thursday, O’Sullivan said he had spent […]

China’s manufacturing output expanded this month for the first time since April, official data showed Thursday, rare good news for leaders struggling to boost activity in the world’s second-largest economy. The country is battling sluggish domestic consumption, a persistent crisis in the property sector and soaring government debt — all of which threaten Beijing’s official […]

By Akio Wang with Amber Wang in Taipei Super Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the island in years, whipping up 10-metre waves and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. Packing maximum wind speeds of 184 kilometres per hour (114 miles per […]

A Hong Kong police crime unit has taken over an investigation into reported online and offline harassment and intimidation of journalists from at least 13 media outlets, a press group has said. In a newsletter to members on Wednesday, Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) Chairperson Selina Cheng said she had made a statement at a […]

Thousands of residents of Hong Kong’s rainbow-coloured Choi Hung Estate will begin moving out of their homes in 2028 to make way for its redevelopment, the city’s housing authorities have said. The project is expected to be completed in 2049 and will provide 9,200 flats in three phases over a period of 15 years. The […]

Hong Kong police handled more than 1,200 criminal cases of domestic violence in 2023, the highest number since 2019, official data submitted to the legislature has shown. The number of child protection cases managed by social welfare authorities also reached a five-year high last year. The Social Welfare Department (SWD) handled 1,457 child protection cases […]

An elderly activist who took banners to a Hong Kong park did not breach the law because his act of displaying them was not permanent, his lawyer has argued. Chan Ki-kau, 78, appeared at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday morning to hear the closing arguments from the prosecution and the defence. He is […]

A Hong Kong woman has been denied bail after allegedly damaging 55 National Day banners and posters put up by two pro-establishment parties across Tsuen Wan. Lam Ho-yan, a 64-year-old retiree, appeared before Magistrate Ivy Chui at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday. She has faces eight charges of criminal damage to property and one […]

By Peter Catterall with Raziye Akkoc in Brussels Beijing said Wednesday it had lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the European Union’s decision to impose hefty tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars. The extra taxes of up to 35 percent were announced Tuesday after an EU probe found Chinese state subsidies were undercutting […]

By Michael Zhang Three Chinese astronauts including the country’s only woman spaceflight engineer blasted off on a “dream” mission to the Tiangong space station in the early hours of Wednesday. The new Tiangong team will carry out experiments with an eye to the space programme’s ambitious goal of placing astronauts on the Moon by 2030 […]

A married couple have been arrested over the suspected murder of a domestic worker, whose body was found at the bottom of a waterfall on Monday. Hong Kong police arrested a 34-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman on Tuesday afternoon in connection with the death of a 25-year-old Southeast Asian female domestic worker, who was […]

A Hong Kong NGO has urged authorities to amend “outdated” sexual offences legislation, after noting a sharp rise in sexual violence cases involving private images and intimate partners in the city. There was a “steady increase” in the number of sexual violence cases followed up by RainLily over the past 15 years, the local anti-sexual […]

Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner (PCPD) for Personal Data has joined data protection authorities from the UK, Australia and other countries to sign a global statement calling on social media platforms to guard against the mass scraping of personal data. Fifteen other international privacy or data protections authorities issued the guidance to social […]

The Hong Kong government has distributed around HK$520 million under a “baby bonus” scheme that gives HK$20,000 to families with newborns in an attempt to boost the city’s low birth rate. A total of 26,948 applications were received from last October to the end of September, according to a Legislative Council paper published on Tuesday. […]

China confirmed on Tuesday it had detained a South Korean citizen for alleged spying, as Beijing ramps up vigilance against perceived threats to national security. South Korea’s Yonhap news service, citing diplomatic sources in Seoul, reported Monday that Chinese authorities had held the man in his 50s since late last year. It said Chinese prosecutors […]

China’s only woman spaceflight engineer will be among a fresh crew of three astronauts sent to its Tiangong space station this week, Beijing announced Tuesday. The Shenzhou-19 mission is scheduled to blast off with its trio of space explorers at 4:27 am Wednesday (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, […]

There is no time limit for prosecuting the more than 7,000 individuals arrested in connection with the 2019 protests who still have not been charged, two Hong Kong officials have said. It was not unfair for the arrestees to wait for prosecution for more than five years because the authorities needed time to gather evidence, […]

A Hong Kong scholar has apologised for his remarks on student suicide, after a concern group said describing the act as “doing something stupid” laid blame on the students and stigmatised mental health issues. The causes behind student suicide were complicated and should not be attributed solely to students while ignoring other potential factors, the […]