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.

Airways New Zealand says air traffic volumes are up 11 per cent from this time last year.

Full-time architectural designer Alicia Lin discusses what it's like a running her photography business as a side gig.

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.

"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.

Asia is top of the wish list for Kiwi travellers using Cheapflights.co.nz.

Some of Asia's marquee airlines that spoil passengers with free alcohol and in-flight entertainment may soon have to kick the habit.

A 23-year-old Takapuna woman has been identified as the Kiwi who died when a Contiki minivan crashed off a cliff in South Lombok.

China fell in love with the 1997 blockbuster movie about the doomed ocean liner.

Eli Orzessek suggests caution around the border from Myanmar into Thailand.

Competition in Japan's online shopping market is intensifying.

With the face of Ataturk looking down on him, Michael McHugh explores the past glories of Ephesus.

They have bushy beards, a preference for loose-fitting robes, hundreds of millions of devotees - and a line of consumer products.

Photographs from high above North Korea show what observers say are concerning developments in the regime's arsenal of repression.

About half a dozen online retailers are selling "pure, hand-bottled, pollution-free, oxygen-rich air from New Zealand" to people in China's smoggy northern cities.

The interrogation room had a map of the world, one which did not include NZ, meaning intrepid Kiwi traveller couldn't point out where she was from.

New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.

Tourists have been forced to busk and beg for money on the streets of India after 'demonetisation' of high-value currency left them 'virtually penniless'.