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Donald Trump’s re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran leaves oil importers with a stark choice: pay punishing prices on the open market, or buy cheaply from Iran and face the wrath of the United States

Asia faces a devil’s bargain over US sanctions on Iran’s oil

1 Oct 2018 - 7:02am 2

Japanese legislator Denny Tamaki celebrates his victory, dancing with supporters in the election for Okinawa governor in Naha city, where he defeated a ruling-party-backed candidate supported by Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Photo: AP

Abe suffers Okinawa election defeat over new US base

1 Oct 2018 - 7:53am

Hiroko Saito, 77, left, and Hiroko Sakakibara, 68, were lured to North Korea from Japan in 1961 but later escaped back to Japan, and are now suing the North Korean government. Photo: Simon Denyer, Washington Post

Promised a ‘paradise’ in North Korea, now they are suing over the lies

1 Oct 2018 - 5:24am

Samidah, a relative of a victim, cries in Palu, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi, where increasing numbers of Indonesians are desperately trying to reach missing relatives but are unable to make contact by cellphone. Photo: AFP

Families call in vain to the missing after killer tsunami

1 Oct 2018 - 5:51am

Maldives former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom waves as he is brought to appear before the High Court in Male, Maldives, where he has been granted bail. Photo: AP

Maldives court grants bail to ex-leader Gayoom after rival’s defeat

1 Oct 2018 - 4:31am

Typhoon Trami bears down on Tokyo after injuring dozens on outlying islands, bringing transport to a halt and triggering warnings of fierce winds, torrential rain, landslides and floods. Photo: AFP

Powerful typhoon nears Tokyo after battering western Japan

1 Oct 2018 - 1:46am

A woman cries as people look at the damage in Palu. Photo: AFP

Palu families search for loved ones killed in quake and tsunami

30 Sep 2018 - 10:33pm

Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said the toll could be in the ‘thousands’

Death toll from Indonesia quake hits 832, fate of thousands unknown

30 Sep 2018 - 11:23pm 5

Anthonius Gunawan Agung refused to leave his post until he got an Batik Air plane off the ground, while his colleagues who were not handling aircraft departed. Photo: Handout

‘Quake hero’ stayed in airport tower to guide plane

30 Sep 2018 - 10:33pm 7

Denny Tamaki delivers a speech during his election campaign for Okinawa governor. Photo: AP

Candidate pledging to resist new US base wins Okinawa election

30 Sep 2018 - 10:16pm 1

Authorities believe the 80-room Hotel Roa-Roa was near capacity when the district was ravaged by a 7.5 magnitude quake and a tsunami wave Friday. Photo: AFP

Crumpled hotel becomes focus in Indonesia rescue effort

30 Sep 2018 - 7:23pm

A senior official from Thailand’s Don Mueang International Airport has apologised for an incident involving a Chinese tourist. Photo: Handout

Video captures Thai airport security guard hitting Chinese tourist

30 Sep 2018 - 8:56pm 90

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Donald Trump’s re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran leaves oil importers with a stark choice: pay punishing prices on the open market, or buy cheaply from Iran and face the wrath of the United States

Asia faces a devil’s bargain over US sanctions on Iran’s oil

1 Oct 2018 - 7:02am 2

The People’s Bank of China uses short-term bill sales as a tool to absorb excessive cash from lenders when it wants to curb inflation or an overheating economy. Photo: Simon Song

China bill sales will boost yuan by expanding investment options in Hong Kong

30 Sep 2018 - 11:12pm 1

The fund aims to help farmers in remote villages sell their produce to customers in urban areas through e-commerce channels

China Minsheng bets on rural economy with 10 billion yuan fund

30 Sep 2018 - 10:47pm

People over 50 need to reimagine how they will work and retire. Photo: Winson Wong

How to succeed in 100-year life – start preparing when you’re young

30 Sep 2018 - 8:50pm 1

Everything you have seen in technology innovation in the last eight years, which is a lot if you look back, will effectively be multiplied by three in impact

Connectivity and AI are fast-moving trains which must be caught

30 Sep 2018 - 6:33pm

Labour costs for private businesses in China are expected to rise dramatically next year. Photo: EPA-EFE

Small business desperate for tricks to keep labour costs under control

30 Sep 2018 - 10:39pm 13

Japan and China are being pushed into each other’s arms by Donald Trump’s antics

Japan and China are being pushed into each other’s arms by Trump

30 Sep 2018 - 12:02pm 7

AP Ventures, with US$200 million worth of assets under management, launches new fund to target investments in renewable energy-related projects

Platinum giant Anglo American’s VC offshoot seeks strategic Chinese investors

30 Sep 2018 - 9:27pm

Bank of Japan’s deafening silence amid the world central bankers’ hubbub speaks volumes about Abenomics

Japan is an outlier in the global rush to end the era of cheap financing

30 Sep 2018 - 10:30am 2

From jaw-dropping property deals to political intrigue, here are three influential – and sometimes controversial – Chinese figures down under

Meet the Chinese businessmen making waves in Australia

30 Sep 2018 - 10:43am 8

CEO of Citi Hong Kong and Macau Angel Ng Yin Yee, photographed at Citi Tower in Kwun Tong. Photo: SCMP/Xiaomei Chen

Older generation embracing digital banking, says Citi’s new HK chief

30 Sep 2018 - 10:47pm 2

Hong Kong is the world’s seventh-largest trading entity in goods. Photo: Dickson Lee

How Hong Kong can help mainland China in its trade fight

29 Sep 2018 - 11:43pm 28

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A proposed amendment to the National Security Act targets the spread of fake news reports, according to the government. Photo: Reuters

Taiwan’s bid to tackle ‘fake news’ raises fears over freedom of speech

1 Oct 2018 - 8:15am 2

Donald Trump’s re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran leaves oil importers with a stark choice: pay punishing prices on the open market, or buy cheaply from Iran and face the wrath of the United States

Asia faces a devil’s bargain over US sanctions on Iran’s oil

1 Oct 2018 - 7:02am 2

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (centre) said it is a priority for the government to provide a level playing field for all businesses, domestic and foreign. Photo: Xinhua

China ‘welcomes fair competition, does not favour state firms’

30 Sep 2018 - 10:39pm 13

Primary school students dressed in replica red army uniforms and the Young Pioneer scarf at a ceremony in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Chinese property firm in hot water for using red scarf in adverts

30 Sep 2018 - 7:55pm

Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un demonstrated a rapprochement, but a second Trump-Kim summit may be required. Photo: AFP

Intentions of Moon and Kim need US input to become reality

30 Sep 2018 - 9:56pm

A senior official from Thailand’s Don Mueang International Airport has apologised for an incident involving a Chinese tourist. Photo: Handout

Video captures Thai airport security guard hitting Chinese tourist

30 Sep 2018 - 8:56pm 90

Strengthened local membership seen as key to delivery of reforms and management of trade war fallout

Xi Jinping seeks to strengthen grass roots reach through party branches

30 Sep 2018 - 11:12pm 2

Labour costs for private businesses in China are expected to rise dramatically next year. Photo: EPA-EFE

Small business desperate for tricks to keep labour costs under control

30 Sep 2018 - 10:39pm 13

Charity became a full-time career after a visit to an HIV-ravaged province in central China, where the eyes of a dying child changed everything

China’s Aids orphan charity a better investment for former Wall Street banker

30 Sep 2018 - 10:39pm 3

President’s recent remarks meant to cool debate on fate of private sector send clear signal for city while US-China trade war rolls on

Time ripe for Hong Kong to hit economic sweet spot after Xi’s pledge

30 Sep 2018 - 9:55pm 1

Killer pig leaves Chinese farmer dead in market

30 Sep 2018 - 7:32pm 1

Beijing might be the biggest loser, but both the American and Chinese economies will take a hit – especially when this war goes beyond trade

China will lose trade war, then things will get really nasty

30 Sep 2018 - 5:52pm 188

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Reincarnated Giant is a new collection of Chinese science fiction that shows the evolution of the genre.

Chinese science fiction collection ‘proof of a golden age’ of genre

30 Sep 2018 - 9:12pm

A scene from Night of the Living Dead, the world’s first zombie film, released in 1968 and directed by George Romero. Photo: Alamy

Zombie birthday: 10 horror hits to mark Night of the Living Dead’s 50 years

30 Sep 2018 - 4:00am

Michael Hutchence’s last years were turbulent and complicated, which his sister, in her new book, blames partly on a brain injury the Australian rock musician suffered in 1992.

Michael Hutchence’s traumatic brain injury revealed in sister’s book

30 Sep 2018 - 3:01am

Sunmi is the ex-Wonder Girls singer who has become a K-pop star in her own right.

Sunny, the ex-Wonder Girl and K-pop’s most bankable female star

30 Sep 2018 - 5:35pm

Author David Gilmour skilfully charts the changing lives of Britons, from the early East India Company era to the Raj period, but his decision not to engage in debate on the merits of empire is frustrating

How British lives in India changed over 350 years of colonisation

29 Sep 2018 - 2:30pm

After watching The Business of Being Born, Hong Kong entrepreneur Lindsay Jang dropped her doctor and hired a midwife

How a film showing childbirth as natural changed a mother’s life

29 Sep 2018 - 1:01pm 1

British author J. K. Rowling, who writes the Cormoran Strike crime series under the pen-name, Robert Galbraith. Picture: AFP

J.K. Rowling’s Lethal White is a gripping romp of a read

28 Sep 2018 - 6:35pm

‘He’s crazy, a flirt … a really sweet man,’ actor says of his Tootsie co-star, months after Hoffman was chastised on the same stage over allegations he once groped an intern

He’s a flirt but a really decent person: Bill Murray defends Dustin Hoffman

28 Sep 2018 - 10:42am

Guan Xiaotong in Zhang Yimou’s new film, Shadow.

China’s golden week: which film will rule the roost?

28 Sep 2018 - 11:49am

The auteur’s tale of injustice, starring the formidable Charo Santos-Concio, is an existential film that explores the human condition

Golden Lion winner The Woman Who Left coming to Hong Kong

28 Sep 2018 - 7:48pm

Derek Maitland was 24 when he began reporting from the Vietnam War. Picture: Derek Maitland

Vietnam war photographer on PTSD and his final battle, with cancer

27 Sep 2018 - 6:19pm

Andy Lau at the 50th Golden Horse Film Awards in Taipei in 2013. Photo: Reuters

Andy Lau turns 57: actor and singer’s career highlights in pictures

27 Sep 2018 - 1:29pm 2

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Christine Loh and Richard Cullen introduce their new book in Sheung Wan on Friday. Photo: Jonathan Wong

‘Shake off colonial shackles – democracy not only measure of success’

1 Oct 2018 - 8:01am

A manhunt was launched by heavily armed police officers in bulletproof vests. Photo: Handout

Armed Hong Kong police hunt ‘gun-toting’ US$76,000 Omega watch thief

1 Oct 2018 - 8:12am 5

A government notice posted in a Hong Kong alleyway warns of rat poison in the area. Photo: Edward Wong

Health chief vows to step up fight against rats with latest technology

30 Sep 2018 - 10:10pm 9

More than two-thirds of elderly Hongkongers caught for petty crimes showed signs of dementia in a study of 51 cases by a local welfare group. Photo: Edward Wong

Criminals or victims? Most elderly held for petty crimes show dementia

30 Sep 2018 - 10:10pm 2

Basic Law Committee member says promoting city’s self-determination is no different to calling for independence

Localist group Demosisto should be next for ban, Beijing adviser says

30 Sep 2018 - 11:01pm 64

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour, and in severe cases, could lead to the sufferer appearing as though he or she has lost touch with reality. Photo: Alamy

Poll on public opinion of schizophrenia shows wide misconceptions

30 Sep 2018 - 10:55pm 1

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau chief Tony Chow says more awareness needed over potential dangers of unexploded wartime bombs in city

Four HK$1.1 million Mercedes trucks to bolster bomb squad

30 Sep 2018 - 11:12pm 5

Tony Chow Shek-kin is retiring from the Hong Kong police force after a 30-year career working in bomb disposal. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Bomb squad chief for Hong Kong talks luck, death and duty

30 Sep 2018 - 10:37pm 1

Minister says aid agency has not taken into account government help and tax in its wealth gap figures for city – but has done so for other economies

Welfare chief hits back at Oxfam over ‘unfair’ inequality report

30 Sep 2018 - 11:12pm 14

A view of the extent of tree waste stored at Kai Tak. Photo: Roy Issa

Typhoon Mangkhut’s toll: 10 hectares of tree waste to be dumped at Kai Tak

30 Sep 2018 - 11:23pm 18

Source tells Post ‘everybody is waiting’ for city to complete its works as Macau and Zhuhai sections were ready to debut ‘half a year ago’

Joint report on China mega bridge drill to ask Beijing for launch date

30 Sep 2018 - 5:21pm 8

CEO of Citi Hong Kong and Macau Angel Ng Yin Yee, photographed at Citi Tower in Kwun Tong. Photo: SCMP/Xiaomei Chen

Older generation embracing digital banking, says Citi’s new HK chief

30 Sep 2018 - 10:47pm 2

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Destiny 2: Forsaken is addictive and fun to play – until it's not. Photo: courtesy of Activision

Destiny 2: Forsaken expansion is addictive – but don’t get trapped

30 Sep 2018 - 9:33pm

A Canadian study links screen time and lack of sleep with poorer cognition. Photo: Alamy

Two hours’ screen time a day for kids the limit or their brains suffer: study

30 Sep 2018 - 9:00pm

Alison Tan and Sotiris Tsouris believe that their innovative new sex-tech product can change the way couples think about women’s enjoyment

The Hong Kong couple who want to change the way we have sex

30 Sep 2018 - 9:56pm 14

Do open relationships really work? Illustration: Marcelo Duhalde

How you can make an open relationship work, and its pros and cons

30 Sep 2018 - 5:27pm 1

Yasutaka Daimon, the sixth generation owner of Daimon sake brewery. Picture: K. Y. Cheng

The ‘wandering monk’: sake brewer recalls 1960s hippie explosion

30 Sep 2018 - 12:02pm

Make the most of mushrooms and late-season tomatoes, and rustle up some warming Asian dishes now the nights are starting to draw in

Eight cool-weather dishes to cook now autumn’s firmly here

30 Sep 2018 - 11:49am

Johnny Chung has worked at The Peninsula Hong Kong as a barman for 61 years. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Mixing G&Ts for Frank Sinatra: The Peninsula barman reminisces

30 Sep 2018 - 9:32am 2

A scene from Night of the Living Dead, the world’s first zombie film, released in 1968 and directed by George Romero. Photo: Alamy

Zombie birthday: 10 horror hits to mark Night of the Living Dead’s 50 years

30 Sep 2018 - 4:00am

Victoria Tsai founded Tatcha make-up eight years ago.

How Japan’s geisha culture inspired a global beauty brand

30 Sep 2018 - 5:35pm

Tjong A Fie helped build the city of Medan, and gave it hospitals, schools and places of worship. He also built himself a mansion. Now badly in need of repair, it has been made a museum by his heirs to funds its restoration

Opium baron, social reformer, philanthropist: a Chinese Indonesian legacy

29 Sep 2018 - 7:20pm

Nam Nam Cheung, now 12 years old, was diagnosed with brain cancer aged two.

When you’ve just beaten cancer and your classmates shun you

29 Sep 2018 - 2:03pm 1

The Apple iPhone XS Max (left) and the iPhone XS. The Max has a 6.5-inch display compared to the XS’s 5.8-inch display. Photo: Ben Sin

Huge screen, better photos, but is that it? iPhone XS Max review

30 Sep 2018 - 4:27pm 4

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Chinese tourists taking pictures on the Broken Bridge in the border city of Dandong in Liaoning province. Photo: AFP

Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s an awful time to be a Chinese abroad

1 Oct 2018 - 7:31am 1

Donald Trump’s re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran leaves oil importers with a stark choice: pay punishing prices on the open market, or buy cheaply from Iran and face the wrath of the United States

Asia faces a devil’s bargain over US sanctions on Iran’s oil

1 Oct 2018 - 7:02am 2

There can be no progress in Hong Kong without loyalty to China

1 Oct 2018 - 6:56am 2

A Ford vehicle stands on display at a showroom in Shanghai. The US-China trade war is taking a toll on companies from both sides. Photo: Bloomberg

US carmakers are schooling Trump on how trade works

1 Oct 2018 - 7:30am

US Air Force F-16 fighter jets take part in a joint aerial drills on December 6, 2017. Photo: AP

America’s armchair generals are risking military confrontation with China

30 Sep 2018 - 11:18pm 9

Fee revision process must be transparent as the cost of education rises to levels that are unaffordable for most ordinary families

Keep an eye on ever-rising school fees

30 Sep 2018 - 11:18pm

Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital in Aberdeen. Photo: David Wong

No will to tackle city’s private hospitals

30 Sep 2018 - 10:27pm 2

Do open relationships really work? Illustration: Marcelo Duhalde

How you can make an open relationship work, and its pros and cons

30 Sep 2018 - 5:27pm 1

Storm chasers brave the heavy rain and strong wind in Kennedy Town when the No 10 typhoon signal was in force on September 16. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Typhoon thrill seekers are a public hazard

30 Sep 2018 - 4:24pm 1

Heads of government walk past British Prime Minister Theresa May after a photo at an informal European Union summit in Salzburg, Austria, on September 20. Photo: AP

Why Theresa May deserves respect on the path to Brexit

30 Sep 2018 - 4:20pm

Hong Kong fans might have more to cheer as Gary White brings in a new era for the national game. Photo: Edward Wong

Clean slate for Hong Kong football as new era kicks off

30 Sep 2018 - 3:58pm

A fallen tree in Kwai Chung brings traffic to a standstill on September 17. Photo: Felix Wong

Three steps that could have prevented post-Mangkhut traffic chaos

30 Sep 2018 - 3:32pm 1

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Alison Tan and Sotiris Tsouris believe that their innovative new sex-tech product can change the way couples think about women’s enjoyment

The Hong Kong couple who want to change the way we have sex

30 Sep 2018 - 9:56pm 14

Yasutaka Daimon, the sixth generation owner of Daimon sake brewery. Picture: K. Y. Cheng

The ‘wandering monk’: sake brewer recalls 1960s hippie explosion

30 Sep 2018 - 12:02pm

Pico Iyer is blown away by the wind and the wilds of Mongolia – and by the photography of Frenchman Frédéric Lagrange that gets to the heart of a nation in many ways unchanged since Genghis Khan

Mongolia: 40 years of Asia travel and nothing had prepared me for it

30 Sep 2018 - 9:00am 5

Sarah Driver, then Whitehead, and her brothers in Stanley Market. Picture: Sarah Driver

‘Wonderfully wild and free’: growing up on Lantau in the ’60s

29 Sep 2018 - 5:31pm 1

After watching The Business of Being Born, Hong Kong entrepreneur Lindsay Jang dropped her doctor and hired a midwife

How a film showing childbirth as natural changed a mother’s life

29 Sep 2018 - 1:01pm 1

Susan Jung’s steamed eggplant with spicy sesame sauce. Photography: Jonathan Wong. Styling: Nellie Ming Lee

Don’t like eggplant? Two recipes every hater should try

29 Sep 2018 - 9:18am

The auteur’s tale of injustice, starring the formidable Charo Santos-Concio, is an existential film that explores the human condition

Golden Lion winner The Woman Who Left coming to Hong Kong

28 Sep 2018 - 7:48pm

British author J. K. Rowling, who writes the Cormoran Strike crime series under the pen-name, Robert Galbraith. Picture: AFP

J.K. Rowling’s Lethal White is a gripping romp of a read

28 Sep 2018 - 6:35pm

No blending allowed at small producer Salon, which makes elegant, subtle and finely structured champagne only when the grapes are just right

Century-old champagne house Salon only releases the best of the best

28 Sep 2018 - 6:08pm

A print of a work titled “Work well, so that comrade Stalin will say thank you!”, by Vladislav Grigoryevich Pravdin. Picture: Alamy

How Chinese word for ‘comrade’ came to refer to LGBT community

28 Sep 2018 - 3:29pm

Guan Xiaotong in Zhang Yimou’s new film, Shadow.

China’s golden week: which film will rule the roost?

28 Sep 2018 - 11:49am

A Vibrant Express train at the Shek Kong sidings, in Hong Kong. Picture: Edward Wong

New Hong Kong-Guangzhou high-speed link outpaced by pre-1950s service

28 Sep 2018 - 3:47pm 45

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Tiger Woods cannot stop Jon Rahm in the Ryder Cup singles. Photo: Reuters

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson need to end their Ryder Cup torment

1 Oct 2018 - 8:18am

Brett Prebble aboard Lucky Bubbles ahead of the Sprinters Stakes. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hong Kong raider Lucky Bubbles breaks down in Sprinters Stakes

30 Sep 2018 - 11:03pm

Ivictory races to victory in last season’s Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin. Photos: Kenneth Chan

‘Keep it simple’ – Sha Tin straight playing fair from all barriers

30 Sep 2018 - 6:49pm

Hong Kong fans might have more to cheer as Gary White brings in a new era for the national game. Photo: Edward Wong

Clean slate for Hong Kong football as new era kicks off

30 Sep 2018 - 3:58pm

Ping Hai Star wins the Hong Kong Derby. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Clipperton bullish for the future on Ping Hai Star

30 Sep 2018 - 5:51pm

Hot King Prawn wins under Zac Purton at Happy Valley. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Hot King Prawn can take it to the ‘really good horses’, says Teetan

30 Sep 2018 - 4:23pm

Hong Kong’s new box lacrosse league will ultimately scout and recruit players for the 2019 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in Canada next September. Photos: Andrew McNicol

‘It requires a different game IQ’ – Hong Kong launches first indoor lacrosse league

30 Sep 2018 - 9:23pm

Troy Rike in action for NU Bulldogs. Photo: Facebook

Gilas fans angry at China nationals amid arrest of US-born Rike over visa issues

29 Sep 2018 - 6:39pm 1

Stephen Leung Sik-lun, back in the saddle after almost 30 years. Photo: Handout

Polo causes rift then brings father and son together for Hong Kong Beginners Cup

29 Sep 2018 - 10:55pm

South Africa celebrate winning the 2017 Hong Kong Sixes. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

Hong Kong Sixes and T20 Blitz postponed and combined for 2019 festival of cricket

29 Sep 2018 - 11:04pm

Hong Kong athletes Shek Wai-hung, Sarah Lee Wai-sze and Leo Au Chun-ming. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Tokyo 2020 boost for Hong Kong athletes, with up to HK$6m for a gold medal

29 Sep 2018 - 3:57pm 2

Chance meeting back home lands New Zealander Davidson in Valley squad

30 Sep 2018 - 3:02pm

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Virgil Abloh’s bottle design for Moët & Chandon’s Moët Nectar Impérial Rosé Champagne

Virgil Abloh designs Champagne bottle for Moët & Chandon

1 Oct 2018 - 2:01am

Redress Design Award finalists’ collections are all made from recycled materials.

How Redress sustainable fashion award winners turned junk into jazz

30 Sep 2018 - 5:03pm

Think Pink afternoon tea at The Langham in Hong Kong

5 Pink October breast cancer awareness activities in Hong Kong and Macau

30 Sep 2018 - 4:00pm

Song Hye-kyo was in Hong Kong to officiate at the grand opening of Sulwhasoo’s exhibition, ‘Sulwhasoo Ginseng Journey’.

September’s top K-pop, K-drama and cultural news

30 Sep 2018 - 12:02pm

Richard Mille teams up with Monaco royal Pierre Casiraghi

30 Sep 2018 - 10:01am

Björn Frantzén buys almost all of his organic and bio-dynamic berries, herbs and vegetables from two farms. Photo: Alex Ang

Swedish chefs take green eating to the next level

29 Sep 2018 - 4:02pm 1

Gucci’s US$380 swimsuit that cannot be worn in pools is sold out

29 Sep 2018 - 3:00pm 1

Innovative smart lighting systems, which mimic 24-hour sunrise-to-sunset cycle, are designed for use in places that rarely – or never – see the light of day

Mitsubishi, CoeLux’s bright idea creates ‘natural sunlight’ – indoors

29 Sep 2018 - 12:02pm

F.P Journe’s Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante in red gold costs HK$663,000.

Chanel acquires minority stake in haute horology brand

29 Sep 2018 - 10:00am

Neha Dani Karesa rose gold cuff with natural freshwater baroque pearl and brown diamonds

5 diamond jewellery pieces that make a dazzling statement

29 Sep 2018 - 2:00am

Generous Thais have learned Chinese, making Thailand a language-friendly destination for Golden Week travellers.

8 top travel destinations for Chinese tourists during Golden Week

28 Sep 2018 - 8:28pm

Model and influencer Kōki has been officially appointed as a Chanel beauty ambassador.

Japanese model Kōki appointed as new Chanel beauty ambassador

28 Sep 2018 - 6:19pm

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The fund aims to help farmers in remote villages sell their produce to customers in urban areas through e-commerce channels

China Minsheng bets on rural economy with 10 billion yuan fund

30 Sep 2018 - 10:47pm

Everything you have seen in technology innovation in the last eight years, which is a lot if you look back, will effectively be multiplied by three in impact

Connectivity and AI are fast-moving trains which must be caught

30 Sep 2018 - 6:33pm

Hong Kong is the world’s seventh-largest trading entity in goods. Photo: Dickson Lee

How Hong Kong can help mainland China in its trade fight

29 Sep 2018 - 11:43pm 28

Ride-hailing has become big business in the world’s most populous country but safety concerns are mounting after murders

China watchdog finds string of safety issues with ride-hailing

28 Sep 2018 - 11:09pm 1

Will SoftBank’s latest investment make China’s ByteDance the world’s most valuable tech start-up?

Will SoftBank’s latest investment make ByteDance the world’s biggest tech start-up?

28 Sep 2018 - 3:03pm

Annual occupancy costs in Central average around $307 per square foot a year, topping London’s West End and Beijing’s Finance Street, according to CBRE Group Inc.

Cryptocurrency start-ups take up top-grade office space in Hong Kong

28 Sep 2018 - 2:06pm 1

Analysts say much of Tencent Music’s revenue comes from services such as karaoke live broadcasting where admirers tip performers

Tencent Music, bound for US IPO, profits from socially savvy

28 Sep 2018 - 9:47am

Baidu strengthens ‘super app’ foothold with 100 million monthly active mini-program users

Baidu reaches 100m monthly active mini-program users after 2 months

28 Sep 2018 - 2:04pm

Chinese millennials are buying hamburgers on instalment, fuelling micro loan industry

Chinese millennials are even buying burgers on instalment plans

27 Sep 2018 - 6:19pm 12

An IMF study of 30 OECD member countries found that about 26 million jobs globally will ‘probably disappear’ as a result of advances in AI

Baidu CEO Robin Li says AI will surpass internet in societal impact

27 Sep 2018 - 11:04pm

Didi drives into Japan, setting up head-on collision with Uber in world’s third-largest taxi market

Didi kicks off taxi-hailing service with SoftBank in Japan

27 Sep 2018 - 10:54pm 1

Google’s privacy chief confirms existence of ‘censored Chinese search engine’ Project Dragonfly

Google confirms existence of ‘censored Chinese search engine’ Project Dragonfly

27 Sep 2018 - 1:38pm 3

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Donald Trump’s re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran leaves oil importers with a stark choice: pay punishing prices on the open market, or buy cheaply from Iran and face the wrath of the United States

Asia faces a devil’s bargain over US sanctions on Iran’s oil

1 Oct 2018 - 7:02am 2

Voters in Indonesia are often swayed by candidates’ fame or personality, despite past criminal offences. Photo: EPA

How to win an election in Indonesia

30 Sep 2018 - 1:43pm 3

Beijing might be the biggest loser, but both the American and Chinese economies will take a hit – especially when this war goes beyond trade

China will lose trade war, then things will get really nasty

30 Sep 2018 - 5:52pm 188

Geeta Tandon wants to become Indian cinema’s first female action director. Photo: Handout

Battered bride to Bollywood’s top stuntwoman: meet Geeta Tandon

30 Sep 2018 - 11:33am

Personal diplomacy between the presidents of China and the United States helped break a stalemate over North Korea. Now as both sides launch fresh tariffs, another summit could be key to cooling trade tensions

Xi and Trump may not be friends any more, but ...

30 Sep 2018 - 10:46am 9

From jaw-dropping property deals to political intrigue, here are three influential – and sometimes controversial – Chinese figures down under

Meet the Chinese businessmen making waves in Australia

30 Sep 2018 - 10:43am 8

The winners and losers in Duterte’s China play

30 Sep 2018 - 9:01am 17

Canberra has been thorough in examining its position on a rising China. London’s response is one of complacency verging on indifference

In China puzzle, Australia knows itself. The UK hasn’t a clue

29 Sep 2018 - 4:02pm 14

When boyband BTS spoke to the United Nations General Assembly, it was the logical next step for South Korean soft power – which is taking over the world, one country and one superstar at a time

Girls’ Generation to BTS: how K-pop swept the world – and the UN

29 Sep 2018 - 1:32pm 3

US President Donald Trump with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Chinese leaders are unlikely to be unprepared for the day when the Americans come spoiling for a fight. Photo: AFP

Korean war to trade war, China has a Trump card to play

29 Sep 2018 - 1:24pm 64

The Lion City hopes the industrial district of Jurong can relive its 1960s heyday as a shining beacon of economic success. But Malaysia’s mixed signals on the rail project leave those plans facing delays, if not derailment

Singapore’s 2nd CBD hits a high-speed rail buffer: it’s called Mahathir

29 Sep 2018 - 12:22pm 19

Future Forward Party member Teerapon Thetkerd. Photo: Tarn for Ceritalah

Thailand’s new party Future Forward offers hope – if junta will let it

29 Sep 2018 - 10:48am

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Theresa May, UK prime minister, reacts as she sits in audience during the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham, UK, on Sunday, September 30, 2018. May is battling to assert her authority as UK prime minister after a disastrous start to her party’s annual conference threatened to explode into a full-blown leadership crisis. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

May faces Tory fire over Brexit as Hammond attacks Boris Johnson

1 Oct 2018 - 7:40am

Donald Trump’s re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran leaves oil importers with a stark choice: pay punishing prices on the open market, or buy cheaply from Iran and face the wrath of the United States

Asia faces a devil’s bargain over US sanctions on Iran’s oil

1 Oct 2018 - 7:02am 2

Supporters of a boycott for a name-change referendum protest in front of the parliament in Skopje, but despite a low voter turnout the referendum voted in favour and now awaits ratification in parliament. Photo: AFP

Macedonian referendum backs new name to end Greek row

1 Oct 2018 - 7:08am

Candlelight service organised outside the Brookhaven Police Department where the officers had worked is marked by flowers, teddy bears and balloons

Mississippi city mourns two police officers killed in shooting

1 Oct 2018 - 7:25am

A Kurdish man and woman show their ink-stained fingers, during parliamentary elections in the semi-autonomous region in Arbil, Iraq. Photo: Reuters

Kurds in Iraq hold first parliamentary election since 2013

1 Oct 2018 - 4:06am

An undated photo of Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Photo: AP

Third Kavanaugh accuser to be excluded from FBI investigation

1 Oct 2018 - 5:35am 1

The Pentagon said on Sunday that the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur, above, conducted a “freedom of navigation operation” near the Spratly Islands. Photo: Wikimedia.commons.org

Pentagon: US warship sails near South China Sea area claimed by Beijing

1 Oct 2018 - 3:03am 24

Russian warplanes parked at Hemeimeem airbase in Syria, where Russian strikes are said to have claimed more than 18,000 lives, according to a monitoring group. Photo: AP

3 years of Russia strikes on Syria kill 18,000, says monitor group

1 Oct 2018 - 2:33am 5

Police run toward the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017. Photo: AP

Las Vegas reflects and moves forward 1 year after shooting

1 Oct 2018 - 2:00am

Conway made the disclosure to CNN’s Jake Tapper on his State of the Union news show. Photo: The Washington Post

Trump aide Kellyanne Conway reveals she suffered sexual assault

30 Sep 2018 - 10:54pm 6

‘He wrote me beautiful letters. And they’re great letters. We fell in love’

Trump says he and North Korea’s Kim ‘fell in love’

30 Sep 2018 - 9:26pm 11

Cameroon’s president claims Boko Haram has been defeated

30 Sep 2018 - 9:26pm