Kiwis are being urged not to travel to some areas of Thailand and to be extremely careful in others after martial law was declared across the country.

Good intentions are being abused in voluntourism, says Neesha Bremner.

A principal problem for sports extravangas is host nations trying to outdo their predecessors in grandeur, writes Bob Jones.

In an uncharacteristic step by the North Korean government, officials made a public apology after a building collapse in Pyongyang reportedly killed hundreds of people.

Dutch historian Frank Dikotter, based in Hong Kong, has spent year immersed in the horrors to be found within China’s open archives.

Circles in the sky have become a hip way to view a city, so prepare your cabin for 'flight', says Peter Hamling.

Justine Tyerman takes a 'virtual' hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia.

Sheriden Rhodes checks out some of the best spa-cations across Asia and Australia.

Communist Laos is still close to its agricultural roots, writes Yvonne van Dongen.

Helen van Berkel senses the suffering of the prisoners of war who died to build the Death Railway.

Hugh Biggar goes in search of exotic and elusive wildlife in Indonesia.

Rare pictures of Kim Jong-un as a boy have been shown during a televised concert for the air force in North Korea.

The Chinese government has shut down thousands of websites and social media sites in a bid to purge the internet of online pornography, it was revealed today.

Catering for many tastes requires a juggling act, finds Diana Dobson.

So few tourists go to colourful Bangladesh that you'll be spoiled, says J.J. Somerset - but you'll also be amazed and enchanted.

Singapore serves up the food of the gods - and the devil, writes Sharon Stephenson.

Duncan Gillies saddles up for a surprisingly pleasant ride in a very busy city.

The "Palace on Wheels" is an extravagant week you won't forget, writes Kevin Pilley.

Indian Ink Theatre's Jacob Rajan returns to Southern India and is thrilled by his company's historic first.

Much hangs on whether the Japanese Government sides with its future-focused Foreign Ministry or its inwards-looking pro-whaling fisheries agency, writes John Armstrong.