Connect Asia Folgen

After more than seven years of bringing you news, analysis and commentary from around this dynamic region this is the last show of Connect Asia. We end the program by revisiting some of the issues and personalities we spoke to right at the very start, including former East Timor president Jose Ramos Horta who's now heading a UN peace mission in Africa.

Myanmar's president vows to release all prisoners of conscience by the end of the year, a new report shows that political bloggers in Vietnam are routinely subjected to detention and harassment and a South Korean invesitgation blames Pyongyang for last month's cyber attacks.

Japan considers privatising unclaimed islands as it looks to strengthen its territorial case against China, rising hopes of a lasting peace deal between the Philippines govt and the country's largest Muslim rebel group and is themed multi-country tourism the way to attract more visitors to the ASEAN countries?