Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday the Tai Po fire had deepened his faith in the Constitution and the rule of law and vowed to translate the hard lessons learned from the disaster into steps to bolster urban safety and overhaul systems. Spea...

A senior mainland official on Thursday endorsed the Hong Kong government's handling of the Tai Po fire, while backing plans to hold the Legislative Council elections as scheduled. At a Constitution Day seminar, Liu Guangyuan, the deputy director o...

President Xi Jinping met his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday, with the European leader expected to put a Ukraine ceasefire and trade relations high on the agenda for talks. Macron and his wife Brigitte were given a grand we...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday arrived in Beijing for a three-day state visit. It's Macron's fourth state visit to China and a reciprocal trip to President Xi Jinping's state visit to France last year that marked the 60th anniversary ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday thanked mainland officials for their support with disaster relief and rescue efforts following the Tai Po fire. He noted that President Xi Jinping had shown great concern and ordered full support for Hong Kong. O...

Hong Kong is counting down to the Legislative Council elections, which will take place on Sunday. RTHK English News earlier reached out to all candidates running in the 10 geographical constituencies and asked them to briefly introduce their electi...

Workers in different parts of Hong Kong on Thursday began taking down mesh netting at buildings undergoing major renovation works. On Wednesday night, the government ordered the removal of all mesh netting by Saturday following the Tai Po inferno, c...

The sole building spared in the deadly fire at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court saw more residents make brief returns on Thursday, leaving with bags of valuables, personal documents as well as home appliances. It was the second day that people from Wang Chi...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday the Tai Po fire had deepened his faith in the Constitution and the rule of law and vowed to translate the hard lessons learned from the disaster into steps to bolster urban safety and overhaul systems. Spea...

The Legislative Council elections are set to take place on Sunday, and it is crucial for voters of Hong Kong's ten geographical constituencies to familiarise themselves with candidates in their district. Today, we'll hear from the five contestants ...

A Malaysian man who informed his wife that he was on a business trip with colleagues was discovered to be stranded with his mistress amid severe floods in Thailand. Heavy flooding, triggered by torrential rains, has struck southern Thailand, claiming...

With rising tensions between Beijing and Tokyo disrupting travel plans, Chinese tourists are actively seeking alternative destinations for their winter getaways. While South Korea hopes to capitalise on this diverted tourist flow, it faces fierce com...

A dating platform in Brazil that markets paid encounters with Korean men styled as K-drama “oppa” is under investigation for sexual exploitation, with the South Korean consulate in Sao Paulo appealing for potential victims to come forward. KDrama...

A new Chinese AI system called Wen Dao – billed as the world’s first such model to be designed explicitly for ethical risk detection – has landed in the middle of its first major moral dilemma. Its immediate challenge is to navigate one of 2025...

More than 140 private doctors in Hong Kong have signed up to offer free basic healthcare for survivors of last week’s deadly blaze that tore through seven of eight blocks in a housing complex in Tai Po. The government said on Thursday that the sche...

"Borrow a boat to sail in the sea -- we will find more ways to use the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative," he said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday discussed bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula on phone, pledging close contact by various means to promptly exchange views on major issues of common con...

Agricultural products have been exempted duty by the FTA , but most Thai rice sold in China ' s supermarkets is imported through regular channels , without taking advantage of the FTA , she said .

Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.

Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.

The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.