Cage Homes : an art exhibit on Hong Kong's most expensive streets

Divided Regions

21 Oct 2012

Threats are more common from North Korea than laughs, but the European co-producers of Pyongyang-based romantic comedy Comrade Kim Goes Flying hope their film will put a more cheerful face on the...

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Briefs

24 Aug 2012

S Korea's web ID law ruled unconstitutional

3:16AM

South Korean court grants Chinese woman refugee status

23 Aug 2012

A South Korean court has granted refugee status to a woman who fled China after helping escapees from North Korea there, saying she could face severe punishment from Beijing if sent back.

4:12AM

Pakistan a weak link in China's energy plan

22 Aug 2012

The recent surge in sectarian violence in strategically located border areas in Pakistan could be part of a larger plan to curtail Beijing's profile in the region.

2:26AM

'Innocent' errors can prove deadly for North Koreans

28 Jul 2012

London has long been obsessed with flags and its emblem hangers have had much practice over the centuries displaying pennants, ensigns, standards and streamers for all manner of special occasions...

10:27PM

Crews held by N.Koreans return home

22 May 2012

Three Chinese fishing crews held for ransom by North Koreans for almost two weeks returned to their home port of Dalian, Liaoning, yesterday, ending a tense diplomatic crisis.

3:29PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

3 comments

12:54AM

Howard Winn

Way to go

2:01AM

Asian powers skirt N Korea issue

The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea issued a post-summit joint declaration yesterday that made no reference to North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and which avoided touchy issues such as...

3:00PM

Rocket failure may prompt new talks

North Korea's latest rocket launch maintains a pattern of provocation and bad-faith bargaining established under its late leader Kim Jong-il, despite hopes that his son Kim Jong-un's taking power...

12:40PM

N Korean launch threatens to fire up regional arms race

Tensions have heightened drastically in East Asia over North Korean plans to launch a satellite-laden rocket in the next few days, despite pleas and protests by friend and foe alike.

12:29PM

N Korea's rocket plan upstages global nuclear summit in Seoul

The leaders of South Korea, the United States and China wrapped up a global nuclear security summit last week with stark warnings about the threat of nuclear terrorism.

11:41AM

More trade helps to cement ties

Ties between Bangladesh and Hong Kong will only strengthen, built on burgeoning two-way trade and increasing areas of cultural exchange.

11:15AM

Change can happen, S Korea's leader says

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urged China to do more to prod North Korea towards reforms, but added that his real hope for change inside the ultranationalist, hardline state lay with the...

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