Download  All though there is still no date for the election, politically campaigning has begun across Burma.

There are 37 other new political parties and five existing groups that have registered to contesting in the poll that is expected to be held later this year.

They include Pro-military, pro-democracy and ethnic parties.

As Banyar Kong Janoi reports from Rangoon is not a free and fair campaign.

Download  A breakaway group from Burma's pro-democracy party the National League for Democracy (NLD) has been registered to run in elections due later this year.

The National Democratic Force's decision to run in the controversial elections has put it at odds with other supporters of the NLD.

Traditional pro-democracy leaders, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, refused to register the NLD for the poll.

As a result, the party was disbanded by the military authorities.

Banyar Kong Janoi in Rangoon hears the arguments from both sides.

Download  India has been largely successful in crushing the two-decade long armed revolt against its rule in the disputed Kashmir region.

Authorities say only a few hundred militants are now left in the valley.

But the security forces fighting the insurgency are now facing a new challenge in the form of stone-throwing young Kashmiris.

Though stone pelting as a form of protest has a long history in Kashmir in recent months the valley has seen a sudden intensity in the activity resulting in many deaths.

From Kashmir’s capital Srinagar, Bismillah Geelani has the story.

Download  Take a drive around any residential enclave that surrounds the capital Kuala Lumpur and one thing becomes clear.

The men in florescent green vests outnumber the men in blue.

Private security is booming in urban Malaysia and it is not a good sign.

Our correspondent in Malaysia finds out why.

In part two of this series, our reporter Ric Wasserman gives us a rare opportunity to enter the world of tea workers, visiting a village where four hundred families have been working on tea estates for five generations.

Download  Private Security is a booming business in Pakistan.

There are now more than 600 private security companies operating across the country.

Almost all of them are run by retired armed forces and police personnel.

While the companies are making a good profit from the insecurity in the country the security guards themselves say they are earning very little and are on the frontline.

Mudassar Shah meets some of them in Peshawar.

Download  After water, tea is the world’s most popular drink.

The highlands of Bangladesh have been producing tea for over 150 years, but the profits at the expense of slave-like conditions for the workers has long been the subject of controversy and conflict.

In this two part series, reporter Ric Wasserman journeys to the plantations in northeast Bangladesh to gain a rare insight into the tea estates.

Download   We return this week to the city of Dandong, the main point on the Chinese border with North Korea.

Last week our reporter Daniel Bastard told us that more than a half of the goods that enter North Korea cross Dandong’s Friendship Bridge, which spans the river border between the nations.  

In addition to this flourishing trade with North Korea, tourism in the region is booming, with visitors flocking to catch a glimpse of the last Stalinist regime on Earth.

Daniel Bastard joined some of these visitors on this curious journey.