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Divers removed the first bodies from a ferry that capsized nearly four days ago with 476 people on board, the South Korean coastguard said early today.
Sunday, 20 April, 2014, 4:32pm 3 comments More on South Korea ferry disasterSong Lin, the scandal-hit chairman of state-owned China Resources, was yesterday sacked for "suspected serious violations of discipline and law violations".
20 Apr 2014 - 5:24am 3 comments More on China Resources (Holdings)Japan began its first military expansion at the western end of its island chain in more than 40 years yesterday, breaking ground on a radar station on a tropical island off Taiwan.
20 Apr 2014 - 7:28am 7 commentsA vice-president of China's fourth-largest bank has resigned after he was investigated and subsequently cleared of suspicion of corruption by the Communist Party's top disciplinary body, mainland media reported.
20 Apr 2014 - 9:02am 7 comments More on Bank of ChinaThe Ukrainian government said it would not attack pro-Russian separatists over the Easter weekend as the US threatened Moscow with new sanctions if it fails to persuade the militants to surrender.
20 Apr 2014 - 9:09amThe psychologist regarded as the architect of the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" programme has broken a seven-year silence to defend the use of torture techniques against al-Qaeda terror suspects after the 9/11 attacks.
20 Apr 2014 - 5:39am 4 commentsWhen both of Flight CX780’s engines failed on approach to Chek Lap Kok, tragedy looked certain to its pilots, who hadn’t trained for such an emergency. However, outstanding airmanship led to a safe – if not smooth – landing for the 322 people on board.
20 Apr 2014 - 4:23pm 3 commentsThe arrested captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with 476 people on board defended his decision to delay its evacuation.
20 Apr 2014 - 8:47am More on South Korea ferry disasterTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
Hong Kong prides itself as a showcase of public works, and with good reason. Not only did we overcome natural constraints to put in place a world-class airport, rail links and bridges; we also delivered them with speed and efficiency.
20 Apr 2014 - 5:58am 4 commentsMainstream filmmakers latch on to the prevailing anxiety about Hong Kong's future in a series of movies with a defiantly local appeal.
20 Apr 2014 - 7:04am 1 commentBeijing's propaganda mouthpieces are taking turns to lambast two of the elder statesmen of Hong Kong's democracy movement, saying their visit to North America was "inviting foreign intervention".
20 Apr 2014 - 3:46pm 18 commentsAn investigation that placed Hong Kong at the centre of a global drug-trafficking and money-laundering network was closed down because of a reluctance by police to pursue a long-term strategy in the battle against dirty money.
20 Apr 2014 - 8:50am 5 commentsSong Lin, the scandal-hit chairman of state-owned China Resources, was yesterday sacked for "suspected serious violations of discipline and law violations".
20 Apr 2014 - 5:24am 3 comments More on China Resources (Holdings)A vice-president of China's fourth-largest bank has resigned after he was investigated and subsequently cleared of suspicion of corruption by the Communist Party's top disciplinary body, mainland media reported.
20 Apr 2014 - 9:02am 7 comments More on Bank of ChinaDivers removed the first bodies from a ferry that capsized nearly four days ago with 476 people on board, the South Korean coastguard said early today.
20 Apr 2014 - 4:32pm 3 comments More on South Korea ferry disasterThe arrested captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized four days ago with 476 people on board defended his decision to delay its evacuation.
20 Apr 2014 - 8:47am More on South Korea ferry disasterFour French journalists taken hostage in Syria last year were freed on Saturday after a 10-month ordeal in the world’s most dangerous country for the media.
20 Apr 2014 - 10:24am 1 commentThe Ukrainian government said it would not attack pro-Russian separatists over the Easter weekend as the US threatened Moscow with new sanctions if it fails to persuade the militants to surrender.
20 Apr 2014 - 9:09amA vice-president of China's fourth-largest bank has resigned after he was investigated and subsequently cleared of suspicion of corruption by the Communist Party's top disciplinary body, mainland media reported.
20 Apr 2014 - 9:02am 7 comments More on Bank of ChinaOlu Adeleke sees the coming weeks as a golden opportunity to shop in China, now that the yuan's protracted appreciation seems to have reversed in the past two months.
19 Apr 2014 - 12:40am 13 comments More on Canton FairHong Kong developers are aggressively pushing project launches on the four-day Easter break but sales momentum for larger units is showing signs of slowing.
19 Apr 2014 - 1:10amSweeteners were aplenty at the Beijing Spring Real Estate Trade Fair last week. But Zhao Xiao wasn't biting.
19 Apr 2014 - 12:46amThe world never really started to take the superhero genre seriously until Christopher Reeve donned a pair of blue tights and fronted up as Superman in 1978.
20 Apr 2014 - 12:36pm More on LIFEThe Mexican-American chef of Elements steakhouse Toro is helping push the trend for pan-Latin American cuisine, writes Andrew Sun.
20 Apr 2014 - 12:50am"What's your interest in Bill and Ben in the pick?" While most people wouldn't understand the question, this is common vernacular for London currency traders active in the daily 4 o'clock "fixing" of global reference exchange rates.
20 Apr 2014 - 5:53amThe ditching of an airliner in New York in 2009 made world headlines but, the following year, two pilots demonstrated even greater airmanship on approach to Chek Lap Kok
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho turned up the irony level when he "congratulated" referee Mike Dean and the official’s boss Mike Riley after a contentious penalty for Sunderland put a huge dent in the London club’s Premier League title hopes on Saturday.
20 Apr 2014 - 2:29pmFulham manager Felix Magath insists they can avoid relegation despite Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur that leaves them third from bottom of the Premier League with three matches remaining.
20 Apr 2014 - 12:30amErnesto Spicciolato emerges from the mist and drags his kayak up onto the shore in the otherwise empty Hap Mun bay on what has turned out to be one of the foggiest days of the year – the zero visibility adds to the sense of utter remoteness, though we’re actually only a 15-minute ride away from Sai Kung pier.
15 Apr 2014 - 8:55amTODAY REPRESENTS an important career milestone for Tsui Tin-yau, the singer-songwriter, film actor, mystery novel writer, and Aaron Kwok Fu-shing doppelganger whenever he knits his eyebrows.
15 Apr 2014 - 8:55amThe pro-Russian activists occupying state institutions in eastern Ukraine said they will not heed an ultimatum by the government in Kiev.
Iranian army troops march in a parade,while the Duchess of Cambridge visits with young lifesavers at Sydney's Manly Beach, and more ...
Subdivided flats are clearly not just a Hong Kong phenomenon. In New York, photographer Annie Ling has captured the lives of people living in tiny cubicles in Manhattan's Chinatown.
US President Barack Obama joins Vice-President Joe Biden for the first “selfie” of Biden’s new Instagram account, a large pink 'Duerer Rabbit' sculpture is lifted at the top of the Albertina-wing i
From pollution to a factory fire, to sports and scenes from everyday life on the mainland, here are the striking images taken by Chinese photographers that won awards at the annual China Internatio
The pro-Russian activists occupying state institutions in eastern Ukraine said the
Iranian army troops march in a parade,while the Duchess of Cambridge visits with y
US President Barack Obama joins Vice-President Joe Biden for the first “selfie” of
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