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Beijing’s crackdown has ensnared the democratic opposition and hundreds of its supporters, who are making their way through a backlogged court system. ( read original story ...)

On Friday, the owner of Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy newspaper had his assets, amounting to HKD$500 million, frozen. Mr Lai The post Beijing has done irreparable damage to Hong Kong after ... ( read original story ...)

Opponents say the new national security law is a tool to quash pro-democracy dissent in the Chinese territory, but supporters have said it ensures that officials in charge of the city are Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong police said Tuesday there is no evidence the director of its National Security Department, who was caught up in a raid on an unlicensed massage business, was engaging in any immoral or ... ( read original story ...)

The government has repeatedly singled out the city’s poor migrant workers as “high risk” for the coronavirus, though actual infection rates are low. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow has called for respect for different views as he prepares to lead a diocese that has been polarized by the city’s deteriorating political situat ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow called for plurality to be respected, in a time of polarization in the Catholic community as the city’s political situation deteriorates. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's newly appointed Catholic bishop on Tuesday said he would need to tread carefully with Beijing as it cracks down on dissent -- but vowed to plead with authorities to defend religious ... ( read original story ...)

Lai, founder of the paper, is currently in jail for his participation in Hong Kong's anti-government protests. ( read original story ...)

Pope Francis has named a new bishop for Hong Kong, tapping the head of his own Jesuit order in the region, the Rev. P ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai pleaded guilty today to the charge of illegal assembly related to a protest during the 2019-20 unrest in the territory, as the authorities moved to cripple ... ( read original story ...)

A travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore due to open on May 26 has been postponed for a second time, officials said on Monday, after a spike in cases in Singapore derailed the plan for ... ( read original story ...)

An air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong has been delayed as the city-state battles with a rising number of unlinked cases tied to the more aggressive and transmissible coronavirus strain ... ( read original story ...)

A Hong Kong media company controlled by Jimmy Lai halted trading in its shares on Monday after authorities froze the jailed pro-democracy campaigner’s assets under the territory’s national security ... ( read original story ...)