Japan and the United States have requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council - after North Korea fired a missile over Japan. It crossed the island of Hokkaido before crashing into the sea on Tuesday morning. RTHK's Seoul correspondent, Frank...

The president of the Professional Teachers' Union, Fung Wai-wah, says schools that have inflated student numbers in order to secure government funding owe the public an explanation. He says this kind of action could amount to misconduct on part of the ...

Legal sector lawmaker, Dennis Kwok, says a new law on the national anthem cannot be applied to Hong Kong. The legislation was proposed by the National People's Congress Standing Committee and sets out the proper way to sing the anthem. It also proposed...

Fighting is continuing in Rakhine state in Myanmar, along its border with Bangladesh. Thousands of people from the Muslim minority - known as Rohingyas - have fled their homes and are trying to enter Bangladesh. The Rohingyas face severe restrictions i...

Barrister Margaret Ng says the application for leave to appeal by Youngspiration pair Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching involved very important and fundamental issues that affect the rule of law in Hong Kong. Ng, who sat through the hearing in the Court o...

The Hospital Authority is strengthening efforts to improve mental health care. Its New Territories East Cluster is setting up a "Common Mental Disorder Clinic" which is expected to treat an extra 600 patients and reduce waiting times. Dr Joyce Lam is a...

RTHK's Southeast Asia correspondent, Larry Jagan, says he believes Thailand’s former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has not left the country but maybe considering her options. He says it’s strange that she had asked her supporters not to go to co...