The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was once the densest place on earth, a virtually lawless labyrinth of crime, grime, commerce and hope. A Wall Street Journal documentary tracks its colorful ...

Kowloon Walled City was a densely populated ... not the kind of place that you wanted to wander around, especially at night. Most residents stuck to the roads or alleys that they knew best ...

Visitors to the city were greeted with memories of what was once seen as a shame. Kowloon Walled City was a lawless area controlled by local triad gangs from the 1950s to the 1980s. Prostitution ...

It was the Kowloon Walled City, also called the City of Darkness. For years, this infamous settlement that lacked government oversight was rampant with illegal activities and poor living conditions.

The director of Hong Kong blockbuster Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In has said he hopes more of the city’s films can benefit from the success of his action epic in Japan. Soi Cheang Pou-soi ...

The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was once the most densely populated place on earth, a teeming hive of interlinking high-rises that few dared to enter but 33,000 people called home.

From the 1950s until 1994, over 33,000 people lived and worked in Kowloon Walled City, a massive complex of 300 interconnected buildings that took up a city block. Caught between China and the ...