1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (361+ words) Dimsum Daily 12th September 2026 – (Hong Kong) The Housing Department is seriously pursuing doubts over concrete strength at three public housing blocks under construction in Tung Chung Area 42, after routine cube tests flagged parts of the structure for further scrutiny and the…...

3+ day, 43+ min ago   (325+ words) Dimsum Daily 10th September 2026 – (Seoul) Seoul Gangnam Police Station has confirmed it received a complaint on 26th August alleging that former BIGBANG singer Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, assaulted a man in his thirties at a restaurant, and is still…...

3+ day, 27+ min ago   (300+ words) DH urges flu jabs as two severe paediatric influenza cases reported ahead of 17th September programme launch Dimsum Daily 10th September 2026 – (Hong Kong) Seven Wong Tai Sin estates will lose mains water after 11.00pm tonight while the Water Supplies Department races to mend…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (705+ words) Sheung Shui’s underwear remark and the line an assistant vice-principal crossed Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Hong Kong) There are remarks that reveal more about the speaker than the subject, and the words attributed to an assistant vice-principal at Fung Kai Liu…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (224+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Beijing) China’s President Xi Jinping sent a message to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un to mark the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s 78th founding anniversary, praising the country’s development under the…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (279+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Seoul) South Korea is harbouring 110 foreign crime suspects who fled there after offending overseas, police told a ruling-party lawmaker, with Chinese nationals forming the largest group and fraud the dominant alleged offence. Uzbekistan ranked second with 19 fugitives,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (360+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Hong Kong) Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu issued a statement of deep mourning after Xinhua confirmed that Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive and a former vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (463+ words) Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (New York) Stocks slid on Tuesday in a holiday‑shortened week as rising oil prices and geopolitical tensions weighed on risk appetite ahead of key US inflation releases. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 628.18 points, or 1.18 per…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (892+ words) Neither villain nor hero: An honest ledger of Tung Chee-hwa’s 8 years Dimsum Daily 9th September 2026 – (Hong Kong) Every founding is a burden disguised as an honour, and Tung Chee-hwa, who died on Tuesday at the age of 89, carried both halves of…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (502+ words) dimsumdaily.hk 8th September 2026 – (Hong Kong) TVB’s Scoop tonight put a cross-border marriage on camera, following a Korean guide known as Mr Kim who says he became an unwitting “backup father” after learning his younger child was not his…...