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Skyscraper boom a sign of impending collapse?
Is there an 'unhealthy correlation' between skyscraper building booms and economic collapse? One bank thinks so...
North Korea: The world's weirdest destination
Getting to North Korea is, in reality, easy and it is certainly the oddest country, but is not for everyone writes Chris Pritchard.
Bhutan: High life in the Himalayas
Bhutan is small and spectacularly isolated, tucked away in the eastern Himalayas between India and China.
Tiger's Nest Monastery, Bhutan
This stunningly-situated monastery, perched high in Bhutan's mountains, is one of the country's most popular tourist sites.
Ten big ideas for 2012
Andrew Stone surveys some of the more remarkable trends and breakthroughs which may - or may not - come to pass next year
Laos: Breakdowns and bowling alleys
Charlotte and Mauricio continue on to the Laotian city of Luang Prabang before heading to Thailand.
Year in review: The disaster of decades
Earthquake linked us with Japan in a year of loss but the scale of the destruction on March 11 was overwhelming
Jared Genser: Two legacies as different as good and evil
Fears over North Korea's nuclear bomb hide a deeper truth, writes Jared Genser.