The Latest Breaking News from Kong

Hong Kong in frame to host Nations Championship finals and Lions matches

Kai Tak Sports Park is favourite to host the event post-2028 and will welcome Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool in July

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

Twelfth monkey dies in Hong Kong zoo amid mystery bacterial outbreak

Melioidosis can affect humans as well as animals, and can lead to sepsis

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024

The Guardian view on the rule of law in Hong Kong: the verdict of foreign judges is damning

Editorial: The conviction of peaceful pro-democracy activists is another shameful moment in the ongoing crackdown

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Hong Kong targets exiles’ loved ones as crackdown turns to old CCP playbook

Hong Kong authorities are targeting the relatives of activists overseas in latest sign of alignment with mainland China.

Al Jazeera · Aug 4, 2023

Tiananmen vigils shift overseas as Hong Kong falls silent

As restrictions in Hong Kong have snuffed out what were once the largest vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, cities like London, New York, Berlin and Taipei are left carrying the candle to commemorate the June 4 anniversary.

Reuters · Jun 2, 2023

Inside Post Malone's Glasgow afterparty which changed one Scots singer's life

Post Malone played the OVO Hydro on Friday and held an afterparty at nightclub Kong in Royal Exchange Square.

Daily Record · May 16, 2023

Calls grow to take back billionaire owner's lease of abandoned Great Barrier Reef island

Bought for $5.68 million and once favoured as a getaway destination for celebrities, there are growing calls for a Hong Kong-based billionaire to be stripped of the lease for a tropical island in Far North Queensland that has fallen into disrepair.

ABC News · Apr 4, 2023

Police keep tight control on Hong Kong protest

Hong Kong police allowed a small protest march under tight restrictions – one of the first approved since a sweeping national security law.

The New Daily · Mar 26, 2023

Hong Kong woos tourists with air tickets and vouchers

Hong Kong will give away air tickets and vouchers to woo tourists back

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Hong Kong zero-COVID policies create mountains of plastic waste

Hong Kong arrivals meet plastic everywhere in quarantine hotels: Remote controls are wrapped in cellophane, pillows are encased in plastic bags, food comes with plastic cutlery. 

Reuters · Apr 19, 2022