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Japan: Tranquil times in Okinawa

The subtropical islands of Okinawa are officially part of Japan but it's almost like a different country.

Singapore - a homecoming

We had hundreds of entries in our Singapore Airlines giveaway. Our winner, Colin Liddell, tells his story.

Bar fly: Divine, Singapore

Graham Reid visits a huge bar on the ground floor of the distinctive Parkview Building.

Thailand: Going beyond The Beach

Calm washes over me as I listen to the soothing chants of a monk praying in the early-morning sun.

Hong Kong's greatest cheap eats

Cheap, fast and frills-free. Hong Kong's street restaurants have served well-loved favorites for decades. The city's much-loved food stalls are finding new favour, discovers Justine Gerardy

Business class fares slashed to Hong Kong

Newcomer Hong Kong Airlines has business fares out that will undercut rivals when it starts flying to NZ in November.

Identity crisis for NZ's migrant youth

Ann An moved to New Zealand as a child with her parents from China - and still wakes up in the morning asking "who am I?"

Malaysia: Paradise in the jungle

No bananas! I couldn't believe there had been no bananas in our entire village and in the middle of a sweat-drenched 10km jungle trek, I was starting to cramp up.

Hong Kong's hidden treasures

Dizzyingly tall skyscrapers, countless shopping malls, congested streets: I knew Hong Kong was packed with them.

10 places to hit on an empty stomach

Hawker centres abound but the Maxwell Centre, one of the biggest, is a good place to start your cheap-eats journey.

Seoul: Bazaars of the bizarre

The market is one of many scattered across South Korea's capital - a city humming with activity and life - and a drawcard for locals and tourists.

Many faces of Macau

It was a time for firsts: my first five-star executive suite, my first massage, my first Michelin dining experience, and my first visit to a casino.

Awera Island: Waves of a lifetime

It wasn't what I'd imagined a tsunami shelter would look like.

Singapore: Always something new to see

Perched high up in Singapore's vertigo-inducing Supertrees, I'm struck by the scale of the island's ambitions.

NZ could be big gas exporter - Govt

New Zealand could become a major exporter of gas to Asia, Energy and Resources minister Simon Bridges says.

If North Korea has nukes, why not South?

A growing number of influential people in South Korea are getting behind the idea of having nukes. The target? China.

5 places to see in Cambodia

Once known as the 'Pearl of Asia', Phnom Penh is filled with French colonial buildings and has a picturesque riverside promenade.

Phu Quoc Island: Treasure island

The plane crawls high above the Mekong delta - flooded paddy, intestinal loops of river, roads crammed with Honda 50s and lined with shops selling rice and Marlboros.