Watchdog urges clearer terms as complaints about hotels near 1,000 annually
Published: 3:47pm, 15 Jun 2026Updated: 3:53pm, 15 Jun 2026 Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has urged hotels and online booking platforms to clearly outline their...
New shelter for Filipino helpers in Hong Kong awaits government green light
A Tai Po villa serving as a new shelter for distressed Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong is ready but must receive the green...
South Korean music festival plays out against discord in reunification hopes
A stone’s throw from the barbed wire and minefields that separate the two Koreas, thousands gathered for a music festival this weekend to sing...
Norwegian crown princess’ son sentenced to 4 years’ jail for rape, domestic violence
The stepson of Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon was found guilty of two counts of rape, one count of domestic violence and other crimes and...
Racist gesture at Korean World Cup fan costs Mexican engineering guild chief his post
A Mexican man who led an engineering guild has apologised after losing his position over a video showing him making a racist gesture at...
Malaysia’s fight for Malay votes becomes a multiparty scrum
For much of Malaysia’s post-independence history, Malay voters largely faced a binary choice: Umno, the oldest Malay nationalist political party that governed the country...
Hong Kong developer Lai Sun seeks note swap in bid to ease liquidity pressure
Hong Kong developer Lai Sun Development, chaired by businessman Peter Lam Kin-ngok, who also chairs the city’s Tourism Board, has launched an exchange offer...
Australian girl dies after Pakistani police ‘mistakenly’ shoots family, officer arrested
Police shot and killed an Australian child in eastern Pakistan, authorities said, with Canberra calling on Monday for an investigation into the incident that...
The US-Iran deal has bought time, but what remains to be achieved?
Published: 2:24pm, 15 Jun 2026Updated: 3:50pm, 15 Jun 2026 The United States, Iran and their mediator Pakistan each announced on Sunday that Washington and...