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Have you explored the artsy side of Hong Kong’s yet?

Doryun Chong, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, M+ during out visit; Hong Kong Museum of Art and Christie’s Hong Kong
Published on Apr 16, 2025 02:01 PM IST

Deepfake scammers impersonate executives in video call, dupe company of $26m

Deepfakes refer to digitally altered media (audio or video) of a person to make him or her appear to be someone else. (Pic for representation)
Updated on Feb 06, 2024 10:35 PM IST

Artists among 8 detained in Hong Kong on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Police officers take away a member of the public in the Causeway Bay area on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre, in Hong Kong, Saturday.
Published on Jun 03, 2023 11:39 PM IST

Hong Kong to cut democratically elected seats on local councils

Candidates would also need to go through a thorough vetting process to weed out those who oppose the Hong Kong or Chinese governments in addition to being nominated by local committees. (File)
Published on May 06, 2023 03:31 PM IST

Hong Kong holds first protest in two years under strict rules

A group of residents hold the first authorised protest and march in two years in Hong Kong.
Published on Mar 26, 2023 02:52 PM IST

Chinese reporter beaten by Hong Kong protesters in 2019 died: Report

Hong Kong: Police officers guard outside the building of Stand News' office in Hong Kong.
Published on Nov 18, 2022 03:20 PM IST

Dozens missing in shipwreck during South China Sea typhoon

An aerial view shows of Itu Aba, which the Taiwanese call Taiping, in the South China Sea.
Published on Jul 02, 2022 03:20 PM IST

Hong Kong to cull 2,000 hamsters amid Covid-19 risk

A wildlife officer with personal protective equipment is seen outside a temporarily closed pet shop in Hong Kong.
Updated on Jan 19, 2022 08:23 AM IST

Hong Kong's Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests

Stand News chief editor Patrick Lam is brought to the news outlet's office building in handcuffs after police were deployed to search the premises in Hong Kong's Kwun Tong district.
Published on Dec 29, 2021 03:49 PM IST

Hong Kong police arrest 6 journalists for sedition

Police officers guard outside the building of Stand News' office in Hong Kong, Hong Kong police say they have arrested several current and former staff members of the online media company for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Published on Dec 29, 2021 06:47 AM IST

Hong Kong university dismantles and removes Tiananmen statue from campus

The artwork, of anguished human torsos, is one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the bloody crackdown that is a taboo topic in mainland China, where it cannot be publicly commemorated.
Published on Dec 23, 2021 09:12 AM IST

Hong Kong police arrest 86 for protesting on China holiday

A man argues with riot police on China's National Day in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 11:17 AM IST

Google to stop responding directly to data requests from HK govt

Google reviewed all requests for user data and pushed back on “overly broad ones” to protect the privacy of users, the statement added.
Published on Aug 15, 2020 04:31 AM IST

Still time for China to reconsider Hong Kong security law: UK

Beijing has rejected London’s criticism as interference in China’s internal affairs.
Updated on Jun 11, 2020 11:04 PM IST

In daring escape, Hong Kong protesters shimmy down rope to awaiting bikes

Police watch from a flyover as protesters return to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus after failing to escape during protests in Hong Kong, China, November 19, 2019
Updated on Nov 19, 2019 10:35 AM IST

Hong Kong police, protesters clash in trains as violence rages

It’s the 13th straight weekend of historic political unrest in Hong Kong as rallies over a now-suspended bill to allow extraditions to China widened into a push for greater democracy.
Updated on Sep 01, 2019 01:21 PM IST

Love in a time of tear gas: Politics and romance on Hong Kong’s barricades

Demonstrators react to tear gas as they clash with riot police during anti-extradition protest in Hong Kong, China.
Updated on Aug 30, 2019 03:05 PM IST

Hong Kong police arrest 36, youngest aged 12, after running battles with protesters

Hong Kong police said that they arrested 36 people, the youngest aged 12, after violence during anti-government demonstrations escalated.
Updated on Aug 26, 2019 08:55 AM IST

Here’s what you need to know before travelling to Hong Kong

Months of protests in Hong Kong have made travelling to the city a potentially dicey proposition.
Updated on Aug 23, 2019 07:43 AM IST

KLeave ASAP, passengers told at Hong Kong airport, all flights cancelled

Anti-extradition bill protesters attend a mass demonstration after a woman was shot in the eye during a protest at Hong Kong International Airport, in Hong Kong, China August 12, 2019.
Updated on Jun 13, 2020 09:20 PM IST

Hong Kong: Law and order must be upheld | Analysis

Some protesters blocked the streets for long hours and impeded traffic; some radical ones even stormed the Hong Kong Legislative Council building, destroyed public facilities, attacked the police with petrol bombs and damaged the national flag of China
Updated on Aug 11, 2019 07:09 PM IST

Hong Kong’s protests will roll into history’s footnotes

Barring an unforeseen turn of events, the anti-government movement will, like previous demonstrations in Hong Kong, be rolled into the history footnotes. But the protests will probably result in the shelving of the extradition law that triggered all this upheaval in the first place and the premature replacement of the chief executive
Published on Jul 08, 2019 08:10 AM IST

Hong Kong protests against extradition bill were ‘riots’: Beijing

Protest organisers have announced plans for another mass rally for Sunday.
Updated on Jun 13, 2019 03:37 PM IST

‘I was like a prisoner’: Saudi sisters trapped in Hong Kong recall beatings

Two sisters from Saudi Arabia who fled the conservative kingdom and have been hiding out in Hong Kong for nearly six months said they did so to escape beatings at the hands of their brothers and father. (Representative Image)
Updated on Feb 23, 2019 07:37 PM IST