Hong Kong’s leader has issued a rare public apology in the wake of repeated record-breaking protests that called for the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill with China.

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong’s divisive leader, Carrie Lam, announced on Monday that she will not run for a second five-year term, ending her 42-year political career. Lam presided over the city ...

Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s embattled chief executive, formally withdrew the controversial extradition bill that sparked months of tense protests that played out on an international stage.

When Carrie Lam became Hong Kong’s chief executive in 2017, she promised to heal a society divided by the Umbrella Protests of three years before. But as her term comes to an end, and former ...

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she is more optimistic about the future of Hong Kong because it has been brought back to the right track of ...

On Sunday, Lam, 59, was elected Hong Kong’s fourth Chief Executive. She was a beneficiary of the system she had celebrated two and a half years earlier, which was ultimately unchanged by the ...

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Lam’s speech, Tuesday, comes after Hong Kong police walked back a characterization of last week’s violent protests – in which police used tear gas and rubber bullets and were recorded using ...

With Each New Crisis in Hong Kong, Pressure Built on a Beijing Loyalist. Carrie Lam, the territory’s chief executive, said Monday that she would not seek a second term.