A new multipurpose "port complex" in South Korea, an election in Mongolia and new divorce laws in India.

We look at the motorcade of South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, the looming elections in the Philippines and Sri Lanka's "First Family".

Protecting Yangon's architecture, tackling illegal mining in Goa, and understanding seismic activity in Taiwan.

Monocle meets Denmark's ambassador in India, foreign schools flock to China and power problems in Japan.

Work on a new motorway to drastically improve the Phillipines' infrastructure gets underway, tree planting takes off in China to combat desertification and Kabul to educate the population on conservation, while India's…

Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang's motorcade and India's embrace of ID cards

How the citizens of Phnom Penh can expect to stay dry next monsoon, plus India's plans to put people in space and Indonesia's ambitions to become a green-transport pioneer.

New flights from Tokyo to Yangon, why the French are lighting up Cambodia, and Japan gets creative.

Why English-style village shops are popping up in rural China and how the hutongs of Beijing may be given a reprieve. Plus, the latest figures on who is living the longest.

The sartorial preferences of North Korea's new Supreme Leader, the big ambitions of Seoul's Incheon airport, and a Q&A with the head of an Indian bicycle rental company.

China's version of Google Earth, Turkmenistan plans to hold the Olympics, and good news for Taiwan travelers.

We look at motorcade of Indonesia president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and report on an ancient Punjabi sport that's gone global.

The rise of the banker-turned-politician in Japan and Asia's plans to grow bigger islands in places where it matters. China mulls over what to do with its internet addicts as detox houses fail and Delhi bans outdoor nupt…

Get in the Kim Jong II look in Style Leader (you'll need some Cuban heels), plus China's jet-set women and Indonesia casts its votes.

The vexed quest to design and new currency symbol of Kazakhstan.

The donation scandal engulfing the Thai prime minister, and why tiger poachers have leopard in their sights.

The image-savvy Dalai Lama is this month's style Leader, and we report on Russia's celebration of its Second World War victory over Japan.

Trouble in the Indian Ocean, India modernises its military, and sales of South Korea's jets experience lift off.

France steps in to save Japan's oyster industry and China wonders if its one-chile policy is still a good idea.

Michelin judges Tokyo a gourmet's delight, Taiwan's weapons programme, and the beautification of Seoul.