A typhoon was headed toward southern China and Hong Kong on Friday after bringing record-breaking winds and leaving one dead in Taiwan. Typhoon Koinu, after initially weakening, regained strength as it headed west across the South China Sea toward China’s Guangdong province,
Hong Kong and Macao authorities announced on Friday that they had apprehended an additional four individuals connected to the cryptocurrency platform JPEX, which stands accused of defrauding over 2,400 people out of nearly $200 million. Law enforcement agencies have received 2,417 reports
The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group was found guilty of obstructing a police officer on Monday in a court case that sparked concerns about the city’s declining press freedom. Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and a
Six individuals have been arrested in Hong Kong after allegedly using artificial intelligence to generate images for a loan scam. The six accused scammers are charged with doctoring pictures to deceive banks and moneylenders in a loose fraud syndicate busted by city
Hong Kong has set up a special government team to monitor and review an import ban on some Japanese seafood due to the country’s imminent release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. Hong Kong authorities
The Hong Kong government was given the green light on Wednesday to appeal a court’s refusal to ban a protest song, after government lawyers cited national security concerns. “Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during months of antigovernment protests
A jailed university student who pleaded guilty to inciting secession in Hong Kong lost his bid to reduce his five-year sentence in a court ruling Tuesday that is expected to set the bar for other cases brought under the national security law
The Philadelphia 76ers may have had plans to bring back James Harden for the 2023-24 season despite trying to trade him, but the superstar guard appeared to torch any bridge being built. Harden, while on a tour in China, ripped 76ers president
Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested 10 people on suspicion of endangering national security through their alleged involvement with a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in 2019 pro-democracy protests, escalating a crackdown on dissidents in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
Hong Kong government said Monday it was seeking to appeal against the court’s refusal to ban a popular protest song at its request, renewing worries over further erosion of freedom of expression in the city. The court’s decision on July 28 was