ASIAN COUNTRIES: According to Wikipedia's article on Asia, the continent's countries are categorized thus:
Central Asia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
Eastern Asia
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Macau
- Mongolia
- North Korea
- China
- Taiwan
- South Korea
Northern Asia
- Russia
Southeastern Asia
- Brunei
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- East Timor
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Phillipines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Southern Asia
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
Western Asia
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Georgia
- Iraq
- Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestinian Territories
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen

