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Former Australian High Court judge Michael Kirby has been appointed by the United Nations to investigate and report on human rights abuses in North Korea.

Ghost nets, as the name suggests, are virtually invisible, can't be tracked and cause ecological damage by entangling fish and other sea creatures.

Cambodia has begun preparations for a controversial hydropower project in the remote northeast: the Lower Se San 2 Dam.

The Australian Government is being urged to buy 100 thousand head of cattle and give them to Indonesia.

The United States has returned the fossilised remains of a 70 million year old Tyrannosaurus skeleton stolen from the Gobi desert in Mongolia.

Indonesia is showing interest in investing in Australian cattle properties to meet the demand for beef.

An Australian parliamentary inquiry into slavery will be told today that more needs to be done to help women who've voluntarily come to Australia to work in the sex industry.

Malaysian police have banned a planned protest rally by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak has begun his second term in office, after being sworn in.

Malaysia's ruling BN coalition has challenged the opposition to provide proof of election fraud, or accept Sunday's results with good grace.

More than 20 people have been killed in clashes between police and Islamist protesters in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.

Myanmar's President Thein Sein has promised that his government will do all it can to protect the rights of the country's Muslim minority.

Dockworkers in Hong Kong have called off their long running strike.

The economic challenges facing the newly re-elected government remain the same and they are substantial.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill wants Australia to help him boost PNG's profile in Asia.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, or the MET as its more commonly known, has announced it's returning two 10th Century Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia.

'The Cambodian Space Project' is attempting to revive the Golden Age of Cambodian psychedelic rock.

Pakistanis head to the voting booths later this week in an election that is shaping as a crucial test for the country's shaky democratic system.

In China, the overlapping visits of the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, are dominating the headlines in the country.