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Millions of people on the mainland are returning to work, after the Lunar New Year break was extended due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, but tight restrictions will remain in place. The death toll from the coronavirus has now outstripped Sars, pro...

The Hong Kong Arts Festival has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus epidemic - with the dozens of performances due to begin this week now cancelled. Some 18-hundred international and local artists were expected to take part in the theatre, da...

South Korea has been celebrating the triumph of the movie "Parasite" at the Oscars, with several television channels interrupting their scheduled programmes to report its unexpected wins for best film and best director. The South Korean President, Moon...

One of the first doctors to raise the alarm about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, Dr Li Wenliang, has died after contracting the virus himself. His death sparked anger on the mainland over how authorities have handled the crisis. The country’s anti-...

Two former chief ministers of Indian-administered Kashmir have had their house arrest extended under a controversial detention law. Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah have been detained since August, when the Indian government stripped Kashmir of its par...

Finland's female-dominated government has announced plans to give all parents the same amount of fully-paid parental leave, in a push to get fathers to spend more time with their children. Annemarie Evans asked RTHK's London correspondent Peter Anderso...

The Hong Kong Medical Association says some private doctors here have closed their clinics because they can't get hold of enough face masks for their staff. The association says at least 10 have already shut since the Wuhan virus outbreak started, and ...

The government has postponed some portions of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, or DSE. But it hasn't yet been decided if all exams will be pushed back because of the Wuhan virus outbreak. Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said ex...