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Underwater search using US Navy deep-sea autonomous underwater vehicle could end within a week, Australia says as Malaysia describes search as at a 'critical juncture'
Saturday, 19 April, 2014, 4:55pm More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370Japan 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 - 3:59am 2 commentsSwiss bank UBS' internal investigation of one of its senior bankers is focusing on her relationship with the chief of state-owned China Resources, sources say.
19 Apr 2014 - 11:44am 6 comments More on China Resources (Holdings)The PLA Daily yesterday published two full pages of speeches by 17 generals vowing allegiance to their commander-in-chief, President Xi Jinping, the third such campaign by the official military newspaper in the past six weeks.
19 Apr 2014 - 3:41am 12 commentsJapan and the United States will pledge to jointly help Southeast Asian nations boost their marine surveillance capabilities, a Japanese newspaper said on Saturday, as tensions over territorial disputes in the region simmer.
19 Apr 2014 - 7:54pm 1 commentA strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island Saturday but there was no risk of a widespread tsunami, seismologists said.
19 Apr 2014 - 10:36amDeath toll rises to 32 as arrested captain reveals the dilemma that caused him to delay evacuation and prosecutor says third mate steering the Sewol was navigating the waters for the first time
19 Apr 2014 - 8:06pm More on South Korea ferry disasterA 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 - 3:51am 3 comments More on Bank of ChinaTo access the SCMP ePaper Edition you will need a Digital Premium Subscription.
The government is planning to increase the plot ratio by 20 per cent or more in some densely populated areas such as Kai Tak and Tun Mun East, to boost housing supply.
19 Apr 2014 - 2:59am 4 commentsLawyer Hao Junbo wants to make you rich if you're a whistle-blower after a bounty. But for big business on the mainland he's a headache - part of a small but fast-growing industry built around exposing corporate wrongdoing.
19 Apr 2014 - 3:46am 1 commentMore than 21,000 patients had waited three years before receiving specialist treatment at the city's overburdened and understaffed public hospitals last year, with more than 1,000 waiting even longer.
19 Apr 2014 - 8:41am 13 commentsThe government could directly import workers for infrastructure projects at the border, an official has revealed to the South China Morning Post.
19 Apr 2014 - 8:00am 11 comments More on MTRCA 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 - 3:51am 3 comments More on Bank of ChinaThe death toll from a flooded coal mine in southwest China has risen to 20 with the recovery of another 14 bodies nearly two weeks after the accident, state media reported.
19 Apr 2014 - 11:56amUnderwater search using US Navy deep-sea autonomous underwater vehicle could end within a week, Australia says as Malaysia describes search as at a 'critical juncture'
19 Apr 2014 - 4:55pm More on Malaysia Airlines flight 370Japan 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 - 3:59am 2 commentsGabriel Garcia Marquez and his homeland had a relationship as conflicted as any in the Nobel laureate’s twisting and impassioned novels.
Colombia inspired and dismayed Garcia Marquez in equal measure, and the feeling was often mutual.
19 Apr 2014 - 2:52pmPresident Vladimir Putin on Saturday said nothing should impede the normalisation of relations between Russia and the West, after ties hit a post-Cold War low due to the stand-off over Ukraine.
19 Apr 2014 - 6:07pmSwiss bank UBS' internal investigation of one of its senior bankers is focusing on her relationship with the chief of state-owned China Resources, sources say.
19 Apr 2014 - 11:44am 6 comments More on China Resources (Holdings)Olu 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 11 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 - 12:46amGabriel Garcia Marquez and his homeland had a relationship as conflicted as any in the Nobel laureate’s twisting and impassioned novels.
Colombia inspired and dismayed Garcia Marquez in equal measure, and the feeling was often mutual.
19 Apr 2014 - 2:52pmThe Mexican-American chef of Elements steakhouse Toro is helping push the trend for pan-Latin American cuisine, writes Andrew Sun.
20 Apr 2014 - 12:50amThe prize is the panoramic curvature of the earth against the starry scenery of space, but passengers on the HK$550,000-per-ticket World View Experience trip to the edge of space won't have to keep the privileged view to themselves.
18 Apr 2014 - 8:26am More on LIFEThe 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
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
Thriller instinct: Nick Cheung and Dante Lam are a winning combination
City of angles: Five outdoor enthusiasts show a different view of Hong Kong
True grit: from Hollywood to the horrors of a Phnom Penh rubbish dump
A young Pakistani is being mourned not only by his family but also by the close-knit Kwai Chung community whose hopes he carried on his shoulders
The personal touch is what attracts diners to small, cosy restaurants
Fulham 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 - 12:30amWhat would you give up for your career? Sportspeople are known for making sacrifices to chase their dreams, but those yearning to represent Hong Kong in rugby sevens and do not hold a Hong Kong passport face a difficult decision: renounce their native citizenship or retire to the bench.
20 Apr 2014 - 12:57amErnesto 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
From pollution to a factory fire, to sports and scenes from everyday life on the m
