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Over the past five years, India's imports of coal from South Africa, Indonesia and Australia have boomed, increasing by around 40 per centBut the massive expansion of coal fired power generation in India has not been enough to prevent more than half the thermal coal mines in Australia becoming uneconomic - that's according to coal industry research being shown to MPs in Canberra.

Australia is now home to more than two million migrants who were born in Asia - more than double the number at the turn of the century.

Cambodia's official Anti-Corruption Unit is demanding the former spokesman for King Norodom Sihanouk declare his assets or else face legal action, in what Prince Thomico says is payback for joining the opposition party.

As yet another great power prepares to wind down its military presence in Afghanistan, is history repeating itself?That's the question that's been debated throughout the US-led military campaign.

When researchers in China's Guangzhou tested the rice being sold at the market earlier this year they got some worrying results.

Thailand's deputy prime minister Chalerm Yubamrung plans to introduce a contentious amnesty bill into parliament tomorrow.

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

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

While Myanmar's telecommunications may present a huge opportunity to the companies that get the licenses, Human Rights Watch says they also risk being complicit in surveillance, censorship and rights abuses.

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

Former United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development, Clare Short, says she hopes more countries will sign up to a global anti-corruption initiative for the mining and energy industries during an international conference in Sydney, this week.

Womens' rights in Afghanistan have once again been challenged, with parliament blocking debate on the Elimination of Violence Against Women bill.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in India on his first foreign trip since taking up the post in March.

Criminal syndicates are rounding up thousands of pet dogs and strays in Thailand to feed the illegal dog meat trade in Southeast Asia.

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

East Timor ranks among the best and Myanmar the worst in an assessment of governments' openness about mining activities.

China's poultry industry is losing 166 million Australian dollars a day because of the outbreak of the latest strain of bird flu in late March.

A digital collection of rare and endangered languages from across the Asia Pacific have been recognised by the United Nation's heritage agency, UNESCO.