Ecuador is hoping it can break a long impasse that has seen WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, holed up in its London embassy for five years. It is seeking a third-party mediator to broker a deal with the United Kingdom in an effort to find a way for A...

A police union says junior officers are worried that they might be prosecuted and jailed over actions they commit while on duty. This comes after retired senior police officer, Frankly Chu, was given a three-month jail sentence for assaulting a passer-...

A Legco committee looking into former chief executive CY Leung's HK$50 million payment from Australian firm UGL says it's reached an impasse because many of the relevant parties, including Leung himself, have shunned the inquiry. The former CE, the Inl...

Two Reuters journalists have been formally charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act in Myanmar. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested last month after meeting police. They each face up to 14 years in prison. They were covering the situation...

The Professional Commons think tank says the illegal structures found in Teresa Cheng and her husband’s houses are just too expansive. Its convenor Albert Lai said it would be inconceivable that the couple -- with the professional qualifications they p...

A local ivory trader has been fined HK$8,000 after pleading guilty to possessing illegal items obtained after an international trade ban imposed in 1990. The trader was one of two people caught selling illegal ivory chopsticks last year. The mainland h...

The first talks between North and South Korea in more than two years have produced an immediate dividend. The head of the South Korean negotiators said Pyongyang has offered to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in the South next month. This woul...