Tomorrow is Tuen Ng, or the Dragon Boat Festival, a day to pay tribute to the one mythical creature on the Chinese zodiac. Dragons are seen as the rulers of water, so “controlling” them, with a dragon head on your boat, is supposed to give you the power to control the water, including rainfall.
But dragons are pretty awesome every day of the year. Here are Young Post’s favourite examples of the fiery creatures. Read More...
“They were very scared,” Park said. “I promised them I’ll be back. ‘Don’t worry, just stay alive, just survive, we’ll be back soon’, I said.” But fate, and the North Korean state, had other plans.
“I never heard from them after that. It’s been 25 years,” said Park, 50, now a human rights advocate, speaking from her home in South Korea.Japanese mum, 86, loses hope of seeing daughter Pyongyang abducted in 1977 Read More...
It has been almost 20 years since the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule. During that time, most of the disputes about “one country, two systems” have involved the Basic Law. In particular, those to do with interpreting the Basic Law have caused the greatest controversies.NPC interpretation adds nothing new to Hong Kong law, and is wholly unnecessaryDoes interpreting the Basic Law go against the rule of law? Hong Kong’s legal system, inherited from the British, is based on common law. Read More...
