Kunda Dixit, editor and publisher of the weekly Nepal newspaper, Nepali Times, said that the Internet is Nepal's window to the world. 'The Internet has a diasporas reach. It enables us to deliver 24-hour news. What's also good about it is that it cannot be shut down completely.'

Like Burma and Nepal, the state also controls all media outlets in Vietnam. Journalists who overstep the boundaries of allowed topics are subjected to harassment, house arrest, imprisonment, and termination of employment.