Chinese man blasts ghost stories over speakers for 10 hours daily to retaliate against neighbour
Following a dispute with his neighbour, a Chinese man resorted to blasting ghost stories for more than 10 hours a day as revenge, deliberately...
University town to be fast-tracked, Eric Chan says after mainland China visit
Hong Kong’s No 2 official has pledged to fast-track a new university town’s development following a visit to similar projects in mainland China and...
Trump hails ‘victories’ in Iran; China’s underwater tunnels: SCMP’s 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our...
Cuba pardons 2,010 prisoners in ‘humanitarian’ gesture amid US pressure
Cuba’s government announced on Thursday that it was pardoning 2,010 prisoners as a “humanitarian” gesture during Holy Week, after pledging in March to release...
Indonesian grandmother freed from Malaysian death row returns home: ‘feels unreal’
An Indonesian woman who spent nearly 15 years on death row in a Malaysian prison for drug trafficking has returned home after receiving clemency,...
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Hong Kong police on the hunt for 2 men who attacked taxi driver after quarrel
Hong Kong police are on the hunt for two men who allegedly attacked a taxi driver they had an argument with in Yuen Long...
‘I can’t breathe’: Korean Air sued over in-flight death of passenger
Korean Air said on Friday it will faithfully respond to legal procedures in the United States, where a lawsuit was filed in Virginia on...
World’s highest hotel opens in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon in 2011 – from the SCMP archive
This article was first published on April 3, 2011 If the altitude doesn’t give you a nosebleed, the room rates might By John Carney...