Cyclone Nargis may have cracked open a country that has been under the snare of a military rule, but the Burmese junta appears firm as ever to hold on to its power.

Indonesia made the final of the women's badminton Uber Cup for the first time since 1998, after defeating Germany 3-1 at the Bung Karno Sports Hall in Jakarta on Thursday (15 May).

Defending champion China has launched an early challenge to Indonesia, saying it relishes a possible encounter with the host team in the Thomas Cup final.

During the old days, workers were paid not in cash but in kind. As the labour movement grew stronger, systematic forms of payment were made, working hours were fixed and more benefits were given. But demands to better working conditions and higher wages have continued.

LG Electronics Inc Wednesday (May 7) unveiled what it claims is the world's slimmest LCD TV.

Laos remains one of the poorest countries in Asia where two out of three people live in abject poverty.

The rare Tibetan antelopes, or chiru, that live on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau have adapted well to the high-speed trains that occasionally fly by above them, a zoologist has said.

Now that the world's attention is focused on the impending catastrophes to be unleashed upon us as a result of global warming, the new buzzword in environment-conscious circles is 'carbon footprint'.

Karl Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong are dead and their ideologies also seem to be losing appeal in a globalised world. But many Asian political parties still clasp the hammer and sickle symbols and cleave to their philosophical doctrines.

Halmahera fairy birds--Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise, Semioptera Wallacei--danced beautifully in the sky above White Land Hill on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, that morning before sunrise.