In May 2008, a massive cyclone hit Myanmar. An estimated 1,5 million people were affected and the victims were in dire need of help. However, all foreign aid workers' visas were rejected and the aid planes, filled with water and food for the people, were stopped in Rangoon and asked to turn back.

Just coming from a course organized for Nordic businesspeople with plans, or ambitions, to operate in Korea, (that is, South Korea), I wonder whether there are ways to exploit what we know about East-West business relations when the focus is turned towards North Korea.

Thailand has been plagued by terrorists for decades, almost a century even.

The people of especially the three most southern provinces - Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat - lives like this: Almost all news from their part of the world involves bombs and someone dying. They attend funerals frequently. There are bullet holes in their kids' classrooms. And no one goes about anywhere after dark. These people live in fear.

Presidential elections, parliamentary Elections, opposition presidential candidate arrested, president extends his presidential periode, takes over ministry of information and communication. Some how all seen before including the reaction of the Western powers.

The Maguindanao province, located on Mindanao island in Southern Philippines, made headlines in international media on November 23, 2009, when a convoy on the way to an election office was held en route by armed men and 57 people were brutally killed. The governor of the province, Andal Ampatuan, is pointed out as the prime suspect for the killings.