The best place to put your money is in a handbag - not literally, but by investing in one.

The drug smuggler evaded a large media contingent at Brisbane airport on her arrival home.

It may be small and far away but Sri Lanka ticks all the travellers' boxes.

A BBC documentary has followed a sting on child sex trafficking in the Philippines.

Narrow Neck swimmer Nicholas Tarling was a pioneer in Asian studies at a time of change.

Stones dislodged by a rescue helicopter landed on the injured hiker in Japan.

The video of the Thai king being shared on social media has angered authorities.

This is not a joke - Kiwi air is being sold overseas for $35 a pop.

The fast, the slow and the full stop enthrall Neil Lancefield.

Hacker collective Anonymous have issued a chilling video warning.

The 20-year-old was part of a ring that tried to smuggle 176kg of meth into NZ.

Sophie Emma Rose, 41, was crushed to death in Thailand while riding on a moped.

The death of an 85-year-old on Mt Everest has officials looking at a climbers' age limit.

Bangladesh man has to unblock the city's sewer lines without any proper safety equipment.

White-haired, blue-eyed albino orangutan rescued after being held captive.

Donald Trump's comments came a day after North Korea test-launched missiles.

Japan has dispatched its biggest warship to protect a US military vessel in the Pacific.

A female guard at a North Korean camp has spoken about terrible incidents she saw.

An independent NZ brewery's cider won one of ten trophy titles in London.

North Korea has released alarming photographs of its artillery drill this week.

The father of 'tropical modernism' has a cultish following, writes Andrew Stone.

Weatherman was holding a metal-handled umbrella in a thunderstorm.

Cruising on Vietnam's Halong Bay is an voyage of discovery for Lucy Casley.

Karen Walker has partnered with a Kiwi company to create designer face masks.

Oscar Quine eats ekiben on a Japanese bullet train.

The parents of Moon Ji-sung have travelled the world sharing their daughter's story.

North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners.

The crisis in SK exemplifies the problems of close ties between the state and business.

A man threatened to release a recording of his girlfriend when he learned she'd cheated.

Lucy Casley spends the night in a Deluxe cabin on a boat cruise in Vietnam's Halong Bay.