A former top editor of defunct Hong Kong outlet Stand News has been granted bail after his lawyer called on the court to terminate the Stand News sedition trial over improper handling of evidence. …

Chow Hang-tung, the former leader of the group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil, has been denied access to further case details in the national security trial against her and two other ex-…

Hong Kong will soon exempt travellers in tour groups from Covid-19 rules that bar new arrivals from going to restaurants and other venues during the first three days of their visit. The government said in a statement on Monday that the new measures were announced…

If you have ever been lucky enough to walk through a pristine tropical forest in Asia you would have immediately been struck by something – the noise. During the day the air is thick with the buzzi…

Hong Kong’s largest press group said it was “disappointed and worried” by the court’s decision to reject an appeal filed by a journalist convicted over accessing public data for a documentary about a mob attack in July 2019. High Court Judge Alex Lee ruled…

Hong Kong’s premier music festival, Clockenflap, is to return next March to Central Harbourfront after a three-year hiatus. Organisers say it is “100 per cent confirmed” for Friday March 3 until Sunday March 5, 2023. A full festival experience, with multiple…

Seventeen Hong Kong pro-democracy figures who have pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit subversion are expected to face a 90-day trial in early 2023, a court has heard. High Court…

A rare celestial event occurred in the skies above Hong Kong on Tuesday evening, when a total lunar eclipse coincided with the moon passing in front of Uranus and obscuring the planet. However, Hon…

The wealth of China’s billionaires this year dropped by the largest amount in more than two decades, according to an annual ranking, as zero-Covid curbs and a property market crisis stall the…

A Hong Kong lawmaker has suggested renaming public parks and playgrounds bearing colonial references to honour present-day and historical Chinese heroes. Pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho. Photo: Hill…

Hong Kong’s Department of Justice (DoJ) has lost an appeal against the High Court’s decision to let a UK barrister represent media tycoon Jimmy Lai in his upcoming high-profile national…

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged four people for allegedly “inciting others to cast blank votes or not to vote” in the 2021 Legislative Council election. The Indep…

Around three-quarters of Hongkongers do not think the city’s Covid-19 situation constitutes a “public health emergency.” The Democratic Party announces results of its survey on th…

Bao Tong, an aide to former Chinese Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang and the highest- level official imprisoned following the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, has died aged 90. Bao’s death was anno…

Hong Kong’s taxpayer-funded broadcaster RTHK should “cooperate seamlessly” with other government departments including the police, said its chief Eddie Cheung in an interview with…

Former chief executive Carrie Lam has defended her attempt to amend a controversial extradition bill in 2019 as a “correct” move, even though it was widely blamed for triggering Hong Ko…

Campsites managed by the Hong Kong government will reopen next Thursday after they were closed for more than two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Members of the public will be allowed to camp at…

A Hong Kong citizen journalist who waved the British colonial-era flag while the Chinese national anthem was being played has been jailed for three months for insulting the anthem following the fir…

Police have arrested five people in relation to a freak accident at a concert by Hong Kong boy band Mirror, local media have reported citing sources. Two dancers were injured in July when a giant s…