Asia Weekly December 28th to 1st January

1. Headlines
First up, a mentally ill British citizen is executed in China

Thailand has decided to repatriate the ethnic Hmong (Mong) back to Laos, despite international objection

And what was an American activist doing in North Korea to get himself arrested?

7. Comming up 1

Tibetans in India are demanding the release of monks from Chinese jails

South Korea has decided to pardon the former Samsung chairman so he can help his country.

And a star in the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire had his shanty home destroyed

13. Comming up 2

We look at a 2010 welcome

Cities across the United States will bring in the New Year with Shen Yun, we look at where they will be next

And we have a story from New Zealand where one entrepeuner is making cool products out of other people's waste