A group formed during the Occupy Central movement by artists, musicians and academics – Hong Kong Shield – says the disappearance of five booksellers in the territory has spread fear and deep worries among people in the publishing industry and cultural...

Official ceremonies are being held in France on Thursday to mark one year since Islamist gunmen attacked the offices of the satirical weekly magazine, Charlie Hebdo, during which 12 people were shot dead. President Francois Hollande has addressed membe...

Oxfam Hong Kong says Chinese curriculum aimed at ethnic minority students is not really helping them improve their proficiency in the language. Its programme manager, Wong Shek-hung, says the curriculum is based on that for local students and is not to...

Barrister and Civic Party lawmaker Dennis Kwok says the case of Lee Bo will have implications for “One Country, Two Systems” and the Basic Law. Kwok, who represents the legal sector in the Legislative Council, was commenting after the mainland tabloid ...

Veteran environmentalist Edwin Lau says sending only construction waste to the Tseung Kwan O landfill will only address the concerns of Tseung Kwan O residents. From Wednesday, the landfill no longer takes municipal solid waste, after residents complai...

There is scepticism about whether North Korea actually detonated a hydrogen bomb, as it claimed it did. Seoul-based journalist Jason Strother told Annemarie Evans that the South Korean defence ministry has put the armed forces on heightened alert, but ...

The Hong Kong government should take a very strong stand on Lee Bo’s case, according to veteran journalist Ching Cheong. He says the Chief Executive, CY Leung, should tell the central government to issue a statement that it does not condone what has ha...

China analyst Mark O'Neill says he is not surprised that Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo is assisting investigators on the mainland. He says Lee has been selling books that are critical of mainland leaders and was probably working on one about the love lif...