By Isabel Kua with Matthew Walsh in Lincang, China; Nalini Lepetit-Chella in Paris; and AFP teams in Mae Sot, Thailand They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for sca…

China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat …

That pitter-patter of little feet you heard after the policy address came from a herd of hogs heading for the public money trough, which naturally follows the announcement of a new hub. Consider th…

This feature is the third and final instalment of HKFP’s Partners in Pride series, which looks at how same-sex couples navigate life, death and everything in between ahead of the gov…

By Sam Davies With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsew…

Four people were hospitalised and dozens were evacuated after a fire ripped through a building’s scaffolding in Central on Saturday. A blaze at Chinachem Tower on Connaught Road Central on Sa…

China on Sunday accused the United States of conducting cyberattacks on Beijing’s national time centre that could have caused severe damage to critical financial and telecommunications infras…

The managing body of the West Kowloon Cultural District cancelled an LGBTQ-themed play on Saturday, hours before tickets went on sale, after complaints alleging the drama “defames Hong Kong.” The X…

A cargo plane veered off the runway and into the sea at Hong Kong’s airport on Monday, leaving two ground workers dead. Emirates SkyCargo Flight EK9788 crashed into the sea on October 20, 202…

Airport officials did not receive a distress signal from a cargo aircraft that veered off the runway into the sea during landing at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, killing two ground wor…

Senior Chinese trade negotiator Li Chenggang has been removed from his post as China’s permanent representative to the World Trade Organization, state media reported on Monday, just days afte…

The Observatory (HKO) will raise the T3 storm signal at 5.20pm on Monday, with Tropical Storm Fengshen set to pass south of the territory. Tropical Storm Fengshen. Photo: HKO. “Under the comb…

Veteran Hong Kong lawmaker Michael Tien has announced he will not run in the “patriots only” legislative elections, becoming the 16th politician in the 89-strong legislature to bow out …

The Buildings Department has said the Chinachem Tower in Central is structurally safe, after a fire left four people hospitalised on Saturday. A blaze at Chinachem Tower on Connaught Road Central o…

Hong Kong education authorities have ordered a school to probe an alleged incident involving a teacher who reportedly invited a student to a hotel for sex, after a social media post went viral. St.…

Management from chipmaker Nexperia’s Chinese unit told employees they can ignore instructions from overseas, according to a company statement, escalating a recent row over control of the Dutc…

The Hong Kong government will begin a disciplinary investigation into a multimillion-dollar bottled water procurement scandal involving a dozen civil servants, including senior officials from the l…

The Observatory (HKO) will keep the T3 storm signal in force for much of Tuesday, as Severe Tropical Storm Fengshen passes south of Hong Kong. Severe Tropical Storm Fengshen closed in on Hong Kong …

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has risen to 3.9 per cent between July and September, with the construction and the food and beverage (F&B) sectors hit hardest. Construction workers in Hong Kong.…

Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.…