(10 February 2012) — From Bhutan to North Korea, and everywhere in between, Asia is riddled with powerful pairings who call the shots. Whether they are super-rich or obscenely powerful, Asia’s super-couples are obsessed over by the media and envied by the masses. Asia360 News picks ten of the glitziest or zaniest power couples across the region.

(3 February 2012) — Kamal Matbar, 23, is just one of the thousands of Bangladeshis forced to evacuate from Libya last year when civil war broke out. But like many others, he is keen to return to the African country, so he can pay off his high-interest debt to his recruiting agency and support his family.

(20 January 2012) — All of East Asia is poised for leadership changes in 2012, from China’s quietly managed succession to South Korea’s boisterous presidential and parliamentary elections.