The issue of China and Taiwan is an old dilemma. The controversy remains, whether Taiwan including the Pescadores should remain as the effective territory of the Republic of China or become unified with the territories now governed by the People’s Republic of China or become the Republic of Taiwan...

A court in Beijing sentenced the State Food and Drug Administration director to death for taking bribes and dereliction of duty. Zheng, aged 63, received the death penalty on the graft charge and 7 years of imprisonment for the charge of dereliction of duty.

Jakarta's slighted Governor Sutiyoso cooled down his temper only after Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer personally apologised for the ill treatment by police Sutiyoso received in Sydney last week.

The family was and still is the number one safety net for Singaporeans in times of need. As the time passes, the rate is actually increasing. A recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports shows that an overwhelming 91% of Singaporeans would turn to their families...

The Philippine and the US Navies formally opened a yearly joint exercise in the southern island of Mindanao on 31 May 2007. This exercise is named as the 2007 Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT).

Thousands of refugees in Nepal are protesting on the Indian frontier as border guards stopped them from crossing into India on their way to homeland in Bhutan. The protests started after Bhutan held its second mock election last week as a dress rehearsal for the kingdom’s transition to democracy...

The UN Human Rights Committee recently expressed its high concern over the Australian authority’s treatment of the Aborigines. The committee, which is due to publish its official recommendations by the second week on June 2007, expressed concern at the marginalisation and discrimination of Aborigines...

Indonesian and Singaporean government’s decision to stage a military exercise has received an objection; and that is from Indonesia's Riau Islands province.

Over the last decade China and African continent gradually build strong diplomatic and economic ties. Almost every African country today bears examples of China's emerging presence, from oil fields in the east, to farms in the south, and mines in the center.

One of the biggest inscrutability about North Korea is that, who will be the next leader of the country. There are just about as many speculations as there are political observers of this sealed and secretive country.