This story comes from the Daily Mail so it has to be treated with a little pinch of salt, but apparently 22 fishermen who got lost in waters off North Korea ended up in the South by mistake. Informed by officials that they were in the South the fishermen said they didn’t want political asylum, [...]

Even though the peoples democracy protests in Burma may have slipped down the news headlines in the past days, at least the UN, led by France, USA and UK are having a go at increasing pressure on the discredited Burmese army generals. Suggestions of a conspiracy between the Burmese leadership and Chinese officials may have [...]

In a historic meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea, President Roh Moo-hyun walked on foot over the demilitarized border between the two nations to meet playboy president Kim Jong II of the North for meetings in Pyongyang.
It is said that Kim Jong II is paid for such meetings, otherwise he wouldn’t show. [...]

To the shame of neighboring countries India and China, (there have already been calls in the EU parliament for the boycott of the 2008 China Olympic Games), the Burma Military junta once again murders its own citizens to sustain a bejewelled lifestyle for itself, without a murmor from its neighbours. 
At a hastily convened UN meeting [...]

Demonstrations continued in Rangoon, Burma, as Buddhists sought to bring to world attention the 50 year history of Burmese dictatorship by the military. Only massed ranks of the public protect the demonstrators from violent crackdowns by the Burmese police.  
Recent fuel price rises have hit the population hard as income is low and economic activity sporadic. [...]