A special panel chaired by the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has set a date for the planned abdication of Emperor Akihito – April 30, 2019. The abdication will be the first in 200 years in Japan's royal family. A law was passed in June approving...

The Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights says the public’s awareness about child sex abuse is not high enough. Its chairwoman Priscilla Lui says there have been many cases involving children or even adults that were not reported early enough. She s...

A Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School Jonathan Winickoff says third-hand smoke from tobacco users is causing more harm to children than to adults. He says the Hong Kong government should therefore take steps to discourage more people from...

Disney has picked Chinese actress Liu Yifei to play Mulan in an upcoming film, following accusations against Hollywood of "whitewashing". The live-action adaptation of the 1998 animated movie will tell the tale of the famed Chinese heroine Hua Mulan. S...

The Formula E Championship returns to the city this weekend with the season-opening Hong Kong e-Prix. The world's top drivers of electric cars will compete at the Central Harbourfront Circuit -- starting with qualifying on Friday. One race will be held...

The chairman of the policy group Land Watch Lee Wing-tat says the government should set up markets in public housing estates so that low-income earners could buy food and other products at cheaper prices. His call came after Gaw Capital said it has agr...

RTHK’s correspondent in Seoul Frank Smith says North Korea's latest long-range missile test has created worry among people in the South. He says they have been immune to provocations by Pyongyang in the past and the situation now seems to have changed....