Asia Pacific

Malaysia's attorney-general has vowed to pursue statutory rape charges against a man who got the Syariah Court's permission to marry a 13-year-old girl, after allegedly raping her.

Australia and East Timor are digging in for their battle over treaty arrangements for the resource rich Timor Sea.

Australian Government and union claims of widespread rorting and exploitation within the foreign worker visa scheme have taken a battering at Senate inquiry in Canberra.

Cross-dressing, bad language, sleep deprivation and sex toys - they're all part of the video for a new song by Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.

A senior North Korea official Choe Ryong hae is in China.

The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to ratify the Hague Convention on international child abduction.

The International Labour Organisation says it will give one last chance before 'naming and shaming Cambodian garment factories that refuse to comply with the local Labour Law, which covers fire safety, workers rights and pay.

Australia is being urged to sign up for mandatory reporting of commercial mining revenues.

In Solomon Islands the annual Forum Ministerial Standing Committtee on the Regional Assistance Mission RAMSI has wrapped up.

President Thein Sein, now in Washington, is the first Myanmar leader to visit the United States in 47 years.

Myanmar's government says it's being unfairly judged on the record of the past.

In the world of telecommunications, Myanmar remains one of the world's last remaining untapped markets.

The Second Asia-Pacific Water Summit has wrapped up, with a declaration by leaders and representatives of more than 50 countries to do more on water security.

Papua New Guinea has told a meeting of Melanesian finance ministers that it wants to pull out of regional free trade negotiations that include Australia and New Zealand.

Around 2,000 people took to the streets of Phnom Penh on Monday, demanding the reform of Cambodia's National Election Committee ahead of polls on the 28th of July.

Afghanistan expects mining revenues will replace all of its receipts from donor contributions within a decade.

The new Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, has pledged to build trust with India, on his first foreign trip since taking office in March.

Womens' rights have again been challenged in Afghanistan, after parliament blocked debate on a bill eliminating violence against women.

Papua New Guinea's government has announced plans to build a privately-run maximum security prison on Manus Island.