The number of crimes committed by juveniles in Hong Kong has dropped by 14 per cent in the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, with the largest decreases seen in fraud and money laundering. However, the authorities report...

China’s antitrust regulator said on Monday it found American semiconductor giant Nvidia in violation of the country’s anti-monopoly law and would proceed with further investigation, an apparent response to escalating technology rivalry with the U...

China has launched an anti-dumping investigation into analogue integrated circuit (IC) chips imported from the United States, saying they have “lowered and suppressed” the prices of domestic alternatives. The probe, requested by a provincial semi...

In Asia’s real estate sector, South Korea is a star performer. In the first half of this year, the region’s fourth-largest economy recorded the second-highest volume of commercial real estate transactions after Japan. Moreover, Seoul experienced ...

Cluster munitions have killed or injured more than 1,200 civilians in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, a monitor said on Monday, decrying “troubling setbacks” in global efforts to eradicate the weapons. Since Russia expanded th...

South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will visit China on Wednesday and Thursday amid the prospect of China’s president visiting Seoul next month and the expected appointment of a new South Korean ambassador to Beijing. Cho will meet Chinese Fore...

Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has recorded 548 complaints against pharmacies over malpractice in the first eight months of this year, warning that deceptive selling tactics could erode tourists’ confidence after a Singaporean was charged 100 time...

Indian security forces killed a top Maoist commander and two other rebels in a gun battle on Monday, officials said, as the government intensifies efforts to crush the decades-long conflict. India is waging an all-out offensive against the last remai...

As Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu prepares his fourth policy address, he faces a significantly different landscape compared with last year. Public expectation is growing for how he will tackle major issues differently. The Post looks at how politi...

North Korea has threatened military retaliation in response to joint drills by South Korea, the United States and Japan, with the powerful sister of ruler Kim Jong-un and a top military official issuing parallel statements. Both denounced the ongoing...

Households continued to shift money into mainland China’s US$12.7 trillion stock market last month, suggesting that a rally in equities has room to run, according to data published by the central bank. Deposits at non-banking financial institutions...

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would call a national emergency and federalise the capital, Washington, after Mayor Muriel Bowser said its police would not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At issue is the provision...

Nearly a quarter of a million people were left without electricity over the weekend in Malaysia’s Sabah state after torrential rain triggered landslides that killed at least one person and took out a transmission tower that cut power across a large...

Targeting its overwhelming coal power capacity – enough to run the entire United States – China is investigating plans to convert retiring coal-fired plants into nuclear power stations. Driven by decarbonisation goals and land scarcity, this “C...

A cafe in southwestern China’s Yunnan province has invented a unique coffee that incorporates a local speciality, penny bun mushrooms. Every year between June and September, Yunnan enters its annual wild mushroom season and becomes one of the top d...

Ukraine’s forces have advanced in the border districts of northern Sumy region, an area where Russian troops have tried for months to establish a foothold, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Zelensky, speaking in his nightly video add...

Australia and Papua New Guinea’s defence forces will be integrated under a new security pact that will be signed this week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said. Albanese said on Monday that he and his Papua New Guinean counterpart, ...

More than 90 per cent of 30 clay masks sold in Hong Kong have been found to contain heavy metals, with two exceeding safety limits set by mainland China and the US, tests by the consumer watchdog have revealed. The Consumer Council on Monday called o...

Zijin Gold International said it was the world’s fastest-growing gold producer, as the offshore unit of China’s largest miner is poised to launch by Friday an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong that could be the city’s second-biggest sa...

Hong Kong parents should not buy private prepaid vaccination plans for their children without prior medical consultation, the city’s consumer watchdog has said, after finding that most service providers do not offer full refunds even if a child is ...

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Strong appetite for new iPhone in China as pre-or...

When Israeli jets tore through Doha’s skies last week, striking a residential block that housed Hamas negotiators, they may also have set in motion something Israel has long feared: the birth of an Arab military alliance. The proposal, under discus...

When Beijing company executive Lillian Zhu saw the Tianjin Museum’s exhibition of Kazakhstan artefacts earlier this year, she was captivated by the vibrant culture of Central Asia and was determined to find out more. “It struck me how little I kn...

A 93-year-old Hong Kong plastic surgeon has been deemed unfit to stand trial for manslaughter linked to a botched botox injection in 2018 due to advanced dementia. A seven-strong High Court jury on Monday returned a unanimous verdict to exempt Dr Fra...

Authorities in Malaysia are hunting the suspect behind a blackmail attempt on at least 10 lawmakers who received emails demanding US$100,000 payments to avoid the release of deepfake sex videos using their likenesses. Communications Minister Fahmi Fa...

Parents and teachers at a top Hong Kong international school have expressed “unwavering” support for its operator, who is being sued by a US-based church that co-founded the institution for allegedly only serving the “rich”. The Parent Facult...

A vigil held in the US capital of Washington on Sunday for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk reportedly drew a “full house” of mourners, including top Republican officials, as authorities said the man arrested in connection with the killin...

A 72-year-old taxi driver has died after his vehicle slammed into two private cars involved in an earlier crash that had blocked a bypass, in an accident that injured six other people. Police said on Monday the two private cars collided on the Kwun T...

A suspected North Korean state-sponsored hacking group used ChatGPT to create a deepfake of a military ID document to attack a target in South Korea, according to cybersecurity researchers. Attackers used the artificial intelligence tool to make a fa...

China’s economy showed signs of strain in August, as sluggish domestic demand, headwinds from the US trade war and a prolonged property downturn continued to weigh on several major indicators. Retail sales, a major gauge of consumption, rose by 3.4...

Some readers might not know Hong Kong had an election a little over a week ago. And that’s OK, because most of us aren’t part of the 3,631 voters eligible to take part in the Election Committee subsector by-elections, held on September 7. The ele...

A zoo in eastern China has sparked laughter online after it banned visitors from asking a chimpanzee to watch short videos, citing concerns for its eyesight. Ding Ding, a two-year-old chimpanzee at Shanghai Wildlife Park whose gender has not been dis...

Australia will suffer extreme climate events more frequently – and often simultaneously – putting severe strain on health and emergency services, critical infrastructure and primary industries, according to a government report released on Monday....

Hong Kong’s leader will exhaust all means, including leveraging legal, administrative and private sector efforts, to speed up development of the Northern Metropolis megaproject near the border with mainland China, the Post has learned. Measures bei...

Komeito, the Buddhist-backed political partner of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is grappling with what it calls an “existential crisis” after a bruising defeat in July’s Upper House election compounded internal fractures and ...

The Hong Kong government should appeal to up and coming mainland technology companies to move part of their operations to the city and introduce measures to boost the market turnover of smaller listed companies, according to the chairman of the Hong ...

Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade apologised on Sunday for advocating for the execution of mentally ill homeless people in a discussion on the network last week, saying his remark was “extremely callous”. Kilmeade’s initial comment came on a...

China’s Victory Day military parade presents a fascinating paradox. With over 12,000 troops reportedly marching through Tiananmen Square, this spectacle celebrates a defensive military doctrine while showcasing power-projection capabilities that wo...

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that foreign workers sent to the United States were “welcome” and he did not want to “frighten off” investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia. In a post...

Zheng Yongnian is a leading political scientist and government adviser in China. His academic work is mainly about contemporary politics, the country’s transformation and external relations. In his second in-depth interview with the Post, Zheng dis...

Spanish authorities say more than 100,000 people took part in a pro-Palestinian protest that interrupted the final stage of the Spanish Vuelta and forced organisers to cut the race short on Sunday, capping a campaign of disruptions to the Grand Tour ...

US President Donald Trump’s administration renewed its request on Sunday for a federal appeal court to let him fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, a move the president is seeking ahead of the central bank’s vote on int...

Hamnet, a devastating period drama about the life of William Shakespeare and his family, won the top prize on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The heart-wrenching film stars Paul Mescal as Shakespeare, who tries to forge a career as...

The man arrested over conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination was romantically involved with a transgender roommate and had “leftist ideology”, Utah’s governor said on Sunday, confirming details likely to inflame the contentious ...

British supermarket group Sainsbury’s said on Sunday it has terminated talks with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com over selling the Argos general merchandise retailer, a day after confirming discussions were under way. “JD.com has communicated tha...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that a visit to Israel by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio underscored the strength of ties between the allies, days after an unprecedented Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar drew broad c...

Hong Kong has formed its largest-ever volunteer corps of more than 16,000 helpers for the coming National Games, with the tourism minister urging them to show the best side of the city’s hospitality. Secretary of Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna...

A 27-year-old motorcyclist has been killed in Hong Kong after an accident involving two double-decker buses in Ngau Tau Kok. The rider was travelling along Kwun Tong Road towards Kwun Tong at about 8.30pm on Sunday when he collided with a KMB bus nea...

Gaming giant Roblox Corp has agreed to curb the risk of adults grooming children on its platform in Australia, the country’s online watchdog said on Monday. The popular site, which lets players build their own games, has committed to bringing in ne...

More than 200 households sweltering in a public housing block in northern Hong Kong remained without electricity on Monday, more than two days after a power outage hit the building. The outage, which affected 473 households at Tin Ming House in Sheun...