Death

Missing Civic Party activist Eric Tsui found hanged; many grieve his death

21 Apr 2013

The 26-year-old vice-chairman of the Civic Party's Kowloon East branch was found hanged in Tai Po yesterday, five days after he went missing.

6:28AM

Swiss authorities probe Filipino 'nurse' over Facebook corpse pictures

3 Mar 2013

Swiss prosecutors opened a criminal investigation after an alleged care-home nurse posted pictures of herself on Facebook sitting next to the corpse of an old woman.

6:30AM

Coming clean on growing number of lonely deaths in South Korea

6 Feb 2013

In a country where the unravelling of Confucian traditions means that many elderly people are no longer cared for by family, more South Koreans are dying in solitude, after either taking their own...

5:22AM

Spooked cabbie jailed for 20 months over death

2 Feb 2013

A taxi driver with a long record of dangerous driving was sentenced to 20 months in jail yesterday, after he let a ghost story on the radio distract him enough to crash his cab, killing a...

5:00AM

Between the Lines: Coming to terms with death is not child's play

13 Jan 2013

While happily belting out Christmas songs and wrapping gifts, I felt bouts of sadness from following the news in the wake of the Newtown shooting, and the inquiry into the Lamma ferry disaster.

3:47PM

Are we ready for longer lives … and more years of bad health?

19 Dec 2012

Last week, The Lancet medical journal published a series on the global burden of disease. One paper was an analysis of global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in...

2:41AM

Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

5 comments

3:37AM

Luo Diandian campaigns for death with dignity

Most mainlanders spare no effort to obtain the best medical treatment available to extend the lives of loved ones in the terminal stage of an illness, but 61-year-old Luo Diandian is calling for a...

4:41AM

For Tang Siu-pun, a small measure of happiness after years of despair

After an accident left him paralysed in his 20s, Tang Siu-pun sank into despair and thought constantly about taking his own life.

7:15AM

British police contact Australian police over hoax

British police say they have contacted Australian authorities about a possible investigation into an Australian radio station’s hoax call to a UK hospital.

8:29PM

MEDIA

Royal hoax presenters off show until further notice: station

Two Australian radio presenters who duped a nurse at the hospital which treated Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine will not return “until further notice”, their station said Saturday after...

3:45AM

Nurse in Kate royal hoax call found dead: hospital

A nurse at the hospital which treated Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine was found dead on Friday, days after being duped by a hoax call from an Australian radio station, the hospital said...

11:59PM

CRIME

Mystery surrounds death of milk whistleblower Jiang Weisuo

Mystery surrounded the violent death of a prominent dairy industry whistleblower, after media reports questioned the official explanation which suggested his wife was to blame.

3:53AM