John Sparks

In a mass demonstration in Hong Kong on Tuesday, protesters are hoping their Beijing-based masters get the “message” and leave them alone.

To me, it sounded like one of the best known fortune-tellers in south east Asia, Luck Rakanithes, believes he made his own luck.

Banned protests, free concerts and models… Thailand is changing under military rule – but how much did fortune-tellers have to play in the coup?

Pakistani officials say they are giving people a chance to escape before they launch a fully-fledged ground offensive.

The Taliban-claimed attack on an international airport in Karachi is an illustration of Pakistan’s inability to defend key installations – and a major blow to peace talks.

We discovered another side to Qatar, a deeply conservative, authoritarian nation, personified in my mind by the man who stopped his car as we tried to take some pictures in a park.

Since the military coup in Thailand, the junta has produced lists of the people it wants to report to army bases, sending many leaders of the red shirt protest movement into hiding.

More demonstrations on the streets of Bangkok as the military summons newspaper editors and bans gatherings of more than five people at a time.

Thailand’s military says detaining political figures gives everyone time to “calm down” as anti-coup protesters join soldiers on the streets of Bangkok.

General Prayuth’s decision to make himself Thailand’s prime minister means he now has full ownership of the country’s long-running and intractable political crisis.

We get our first glimpse of General Prayuth Chan-ocha’s masterplan for Thailand’s future – which includes the arrest of a popular protest leader.

A mother and son, who face execution in North Korea, say they fled the country because they were always hungry.

North Koreans caught trying to flee their country face execution. But for one mother and her son, the risk was worth it.

North Koreans caught trying to flee their country face execution. But for one mother and her son, the risk was worth it. Watch this amazing report from our Asia Correspondent, John Sparks.

Thailand’s constitutional court strikes again as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is booted out of office after being found guilty of abuse of power.