Want to register some .asia names on moniker but it seems I can't do it without an asian contact or am I missing something? If a contact is compulsory, can anybody help?
I have heard that .asia domain name can be registered with anyone. And you not need to be Asia resident.
The registry requires a Pan-Asia and Asia-Pacific region contact information. Here is the link to the document http://www.registry.asia/about/faq.html#q21 . there might be some other registrars/resellers who bypass this, but I wouldn’t risk losing a domain for that. Just find you a contact in that region and register with their contact info.
For .asia registrations you have to have one of your contacts in one of these contries: * Afghanistan, Antarctica, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Georgia, Heard and McDonald Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga Islands, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen.
You may use EuroDNS - take a look here about .asia domain names. The codes should not be valid anymore but the asian proxy address service that eurodns provides with .asia domain registrations should be available.