A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions…

Four lawmakers from Hong Kong’s largest pro-Beijing political party will sit out the December “patriots only” legislative race, bringing the total number of the city’s legislators not s…

Hong Kong’s disease control authority has urged schoolchildren to receive the seasonal influenza vaccination as soon as possible following two severe paediatric flu infection cases in two consecuti…

Hong Kong lawmaker Doreen Kong – one of the legislature’s more outspoken members – has announced she will not run for a second term, dismissing suggestions that she was “pressured” to m…

China has issued a “stern protest” to Australia after a mid-air incident over the weekend involving military planes from the two countries, a spokesman for Beijing’s defence minis…

By Peter Catterall The top brass of China’s ruling Communist Party is gathering in Beijing this week to devise a strategy that will steer the country through 2030 and shape its trade relation…

A United States agency is dispatching a team of five aviation safety investigators to assist Hong Kong authorities with the probe into a cargo plane crash that killed two airport workers on Monday.…

Waltzing Matilda, opened in the late 1950s in Tsim Sha Tsui, is believed to be Hong Kong’s first gay bar – but that was never the plan. Waltzing Matilda, which opened in the 1950s and i…

Hong Kong has imported over 37,000 non-local workers since the scheme allowing the recruitment came into effect two years ago, according to the latest official figures. Restaurant workers in Hong K…

Cuba has arrested a suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped from custody in Mexico and is also wanted by the United States, the Mexican government said Wednesday. Suspected Chinese fentanyl …

Hong Kong has recorded its first fatal case of chikungunya fever after a 77-year-old man with a chronic illness died on Wednesday, according to health authorities. The Food and Environmental Hygien…

Over three-fifths of Hong Kong direct subsidy schools have expressed interest in admitting more non-local students, especially from Southeast Asia, under a new trial scheme, the schools’ mana…

China said Thursday it will hold a next round of trade talks with the United States in Malaysia, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid further escalating a damaging tit-for-tat t…

A total of 39 drivers have been convicted in Hong Kong for carrying passengers illegally for reward since the start of the year. Vehicles in Hong Kong. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Secretary for Tran…

Hong Kong’s “patriots only” legislature has left a “shining record,” its outgoing president has said, as he concluded the last meeting of the current legislative term. Hong Kong lawmaker and Presid…

A 70-year-old man has been fined HK$1,000 after he attempted to apply for an additional Hong Kong Identity Card (HKID). The Hong Kong identity card. Photo: HKFP. Yan Ai-zhong was charged in March 2…

US President Donald Trump leaves on Friday for Asia and high-stakes talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — as Washington played down speculation that he could meet North Korea’s Kim Jon…

Hong Kong police have busted a local prostitution syndicate which exploited underage girls. Two anti-vice operations were held between October 13 and 17, police said last Saturday, resulting in 58 …

The legislature’s tone-deaf rejection of the Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill was more than a missed opportunity. It forces Hong Kong to reckon with two urgent questions: Will we continue…

Welcome back to HKFP Monitor. This week, with Ocean Park announcing that its water park is still in the red, we look at why it might pull the plug on Water World. Meanwhile, news related to the &#8…