Candidates are vetted to ensure they are patriots loyal to the central government in Beijing, and many democracy supporters ...

Voters in Hong Kong stayed home in large number in a legislative election at a time when the political system is battling ...

Sunday's vote to elect new lawmakers to Hong Kong's 90-member Legislative Council comes just 11 days after a massive fire engulfed seven towers in a high-rise apartment complex, killing at least 159 ...

But number of registered voters declines by 7.6 per cent to about 4,131,000 in sombre election held less than two weeks after ...

Beijing's national security office in Hong Kong has said it would crack down on any "anti-China" protest in the wake of the fire and warned against using the disaster to "disrupt Hong Kong" ...

South Korean prosecutors have indicted Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon for allegedly breaking political funding laws by having a ...

But number of registered voters declines by 7.6 per cent to about 4,131,000 in sombre election held less than two weeks after ...