19/12/2025
A short reel by BBC, the voice over ismainly me and Suenn Ho.
'Living in Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City was so tough ' - BBC World Service #shorts
Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City once had a density of more than one million people per square kilometre.Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://...
04/09/2025
A short article by the National Geographic
Inside Kowloon Walled City—a lawless metropolis where anarchy reigned in Hong Kong
Known as “the city of darkness,” Kowloon Walled City was a crowded, tangled metropolis of 60,000 people with little political or legal oversight.
12/05/2024
The latest documentary by SCMP. It has a great personal touch! So thankful for the staff working on this project.
Kowloon Walled City: tales from Hong Kong’s ‘City of Darkness’
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeRead more: https://sc.mp/qsq4oThe Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was once co...
10/06/2023
Even after so many years in 2023, CNN still pick up interest in the Kowloon Walled City.
The story behind this playful rooftop portrait | CNN
Searching for a moment of respite from the heat and chaos below in Hong Kong’s infamous Kowloon Walled City, photographer Greg Girard found himself on the roof of one of the enclave’s many illegally-built high-rises among a tangled thicket of television antennas.
10/12/2022
An interesting short video about a former Kowloon Walled City resident playing Stray with SCMP reporter.
Former Kowloon Walled City resident reacts to STRAY!
Since its release, video game Stray has been a huge hit. Players follow a cute ginger cat escaping an underground city, inspired by Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walle...
05/09/2022
There are some cool graphics
Does Kowloon Walled City Still Exist? Here's Why It Was So Famous
It has nearly been three decades since the demolition of the Kowloon Walled City, and still the effects it had on Hong Kong and the images linger.
04/06/2022
This is a great video about the history of the Kowloon Walled City.
Places - Lost in Time: The Walled City of Kowloon
Hello, and welcome back to Places - Lost in Time, a series that looks back on the tale of places and locations that have existing within living memory or pho...
13/05/2022
The term "institutional abandonment" echoes the real history.
Kowloon: a brief history of the most densely populated place on Earth
The Walled City of Kowloon in Hong Kong was famous for being the most densely populated place on Earth. An icon of improvised urban planning even before it was demolished.
18/01/2022
A concise history of the Kowloon Walled City
A history of Kowloon Walled City, the “City of Darkness”
Behind the organised chaos of the historical Kowloon Walled City lies a brief history of military conquest, forming the backdrop for a misunderstood community that rose from the rubble.
16/07/2021
A report at a French media
La cité des ténèbres de Hong Kong
Objet de curiosité voire de crainte, Kowloon City a alimenté les histoires les plus extraordinaires. Histoire de la plus incroyable des aventures humaines qu'ait jamais connu Hong Kong!
28/03/2021
So thankful for Fiona Hawthorne's art work of Kowloon Walled City.
Inside Kowloon Walled City: ‘I knew I was somewhere extraordinary’
Artist Fiona Hawthorne spent three months in 1985 capturing life inside Kowloon Walled City, and found ‘warmth and kindness and all the hard-working people I met there who were living under challenging conditions’.