A new book reveals the true horrors of life in a North Korean gulag. We meet the author behind "Escape from Camp 14," one of the few people born in a prison camp to have escaped and survived. Next, it’s a new political era for Burma as Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi takes up her seat in parliament. Finally, help is at hand for Malaysia's heroin addicts - from a very unexpected direction.
Police fired tear gas at an estimated 25,000 demonstrators calling for the reform of electoral policies that critics say are biased in favour of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ruling coalition, which has been in power for more than 50 years.
A series of bomb blasts killed 14 people and wounded hundreds on Saturday in the town of Yala and at a hotel in Hat Yai in southern Thailand, which has been plagued by an insurgency pitting ethnic Malay Muslims against the Buddhist majority.
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso survived torrential rains and several mishaps to beat pole sitter Lewish Hamilton and claim a spectacular victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.
A Saudi Arabian blogger facing the death penalty for blasphemy. Barack Obama continues his re-election campaign. And the State of West Bengal in India has released a tourism video made using shadow puppetry.
Malaysia on Sunday deported Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari, who was wanted in his home country after his tweet about the Prophet Mohammed sparked calls for his execution and prompted top clerics to brand him an "infidel".
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was acquitted on Monday of sodomy charges, bringing an end to a two-year trial that he maintains was politically motivated. Ibrahim has vowed to return to politics ahead of elections this year.
A Facebook group calling for the resignation of the Malaysian Prime Minister has drawn over 200 000 people. The man who tried to ‘pie’ Rupert Murdoch has been identified by web users. An online campaign is urging Russian women to support Vladimir Putin by taking off their clothes.
Malaysian police said Sunday that they had released all 1,667 people who had been arrested for attending the country’s largest pro-democracy rally in four years on Saturday. One man also died in the protests.
Malaysian police arrested over 300 pro-reform campaigners early Saturday in order to stop them from attending a banned opposition-backed rally in Kuala Lumpur. The demonstration had been ruled illegal by officials.
