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A rights group issues a disturbing report on the opium industry in one Burma state. The junta has to act.

Outside aid has failed to help a starving North Korean populace. If aid agencies are serious about helping they should make sure Kim Jong-il’s regime accounts for what it receives.

The alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador sounds uncertain and amateurish. One thing is clear though, Obama will likely be abandoning his overtures to Tehran.

Laos has vowed to be drug free by 2015. But the Somsanga ‘treatment centre’ offers a glimpse into a world of abuse, beatings and suicide.

Almost a decade after it secured independence, Timor-Leste remains the second poorest state in Asia. It might help if aid donors listened a little more.

A ruling by the High Court in Australia puts a spanner in the works of a refugee swap deal with Malaysia.

A series of rallies in Indonesia’s West Papua and Papua provinces is a reminder of the independence movement.

The Diplomat speaks with Callum Macrae, director of ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields,’ about his documentary film and the controversy surrounding it.

The first stage of Cambodia’s Case 002 is over. But will Hun Sen stamp out the prospects of more people being held to account?

Britain’s role in the Korean War is often overlooked. A new book looks to remedy that.

The latest clash between Cambodia and Thailand has underscored the need for a regional peacekeeping force. Indonesia should push for one now.

The earthquake that hit Japan was a tragedy. But it could still prod the country toward a solid climate change policy.