Fresh insight into secretive kingdom reveals the extent of the regime's use of kids as slaves. Here, two teens tell their stories.

Some return flights to Europe have fallen below $1000 and on sale to London for an "unheard" of $1099.

Dolphins are being strapped into tiny crates so that they can be transported perform in circuses where they are made to jump through hoops of fire.

President Donald Trump's official counsellor, Kellyanne Conway has told TV audiences to "go buy Ivanka's stuff".

Rod Pascoe stays at the Park Hyatt on Hainan Island, China.

It appears that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco is not over yet. A "minor fire" broke out at the factory that manufactures the malicious

Immigration and the economy among topics English and Trump discuss in brief telephone call.

In Vietnam, Eli Orzessek finds friends to help him navigate a new country.

Every breath you take reminds you you're in Beijing, writes Jacqueline Smith.

Heartbreaking footage shows a mother dolphin trying desperately to save her calf from Japanese hunters who planned to sell the animals to aquariums.

Six New Zealanders have reportedly been injured in a crash in Sri Lanka.

The perception that migrants take jobs from Kiwis and push up house prices are widespread, but the fear is overblown, a new report has found.

In the hours before Myuran Sukumaran faced the firing squad in Indonesia, it wasn't his imminent execution that was making him furious.

Susan Strongman is charmed by Taiwan and its people and finds many links to NZ.

President Trump handed China its clearest opening yet to tilt the geopolitical balance in Asia in its favour.

Singapore's aquarium of 100,000 creatures shows off sharks, eels and an acrobatic manta ray.

Deloitte says 2017 will be better than many think, thanks to Asia.

He's the billionaire "prince" and de facto heir of one of the world's largest companies - and very soon he could be facing the possibility of a jail term.

You may have thought Auckland house prices were bad, but check out these palatial homes from around the world that fetched huge sums.

Mike Middleton hasn't touched his motorbike since February 7, 2016 - the day his son, Rhys, was killed.

A week of explosive tweets from the American President-Elect have stoked anxiety, moved markets and altered plans.

Alibaba Group Holding sued two vendors it said used the company's Taobao website to sell counterfeit Swarovski watches, just weeks

"My whole body was burning; I could feel sparks stinging my face," said Kiwi traveller at New Year's Eve fireworks display.

With global growth under pressure, the outlook for the export-dependent region is faltering.

It's not just the pagoda roof turret that gives the Annandale Distillery in Scotland an Asian feel.

Shocking video emerges showing a 'drunk' Indonesian pilot stumbling through security before making incoherent cockpit announcement.

A shopkeeper faces charges after a New Zealand teenager said she was sexually assaulted on an educational tour of India.

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale has struck off eastern Indonesia, the Indonesian geophysics agency says.

More young Kiwis are considering travelling to Asia for that big OE.

Thai police are investigating the bizarre death of a western man whose throat was slit and body was found tied to a concrete pole in the ocean.