1.0 IntroductionWidening of the gap between so called haves and have-nots is a problem for people even in western countries. In Asia this gap is even bigger and more worrying making any research that looks into it a significant contribution to the dialogue about the topic. This article presents an unusual approach to the digital divide for several reasons. Research done on the digital divide in Asia is often conducted by scholars who come from western nations; this article reports on research done by researchers who come from Asia. In addition, quite often researchers focus on only one country when they study the digital divide; this article focuses on four Asian countries to give the reader the opportunity to compare situations in more than one country. Within these four countries the article looks at four different groups of people to allow the reader the opportunity to see the results relating to the digital divide from different perspectives. The groups studied come from interesting backgrounds, yet typically paid attention to in the literature. The groups that will be discussed here are Women in political online forums in Yemen, Rural Students in Bangladesh, Cyber Activists and Virtual Protesters in Pakistan, and Farmers in China. Finally, this research will show that the reasons these groups of people are standing on the not side is just because of, as often thought, economics, but also cultural, technological or political reasons, providing fuel for further research on the digital divide. Toward the end, this article also offers a very brief philosophical analysis to shed light on the moral significance of the digital divide in these countries.2.0 Country ProfilesYemen (officially the Republic of Yemen), which is composed of former North Yemen and South Yemen, is located on the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Saudi to the north, the Arab Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the south, the Sultanate of Oman to the east and the Red Sea to the west. Yemen is one of the oldest civilizations in the world dating back to the ninth century b.c. and known then as Happy Arabia due to its rich and fertile soil. Yemen is also one of the fastest growing democracies in the Arab world holding elections that have always been judged by international observers as being free and fair. Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Arab world, where 45.2 per- cent of the total population (23,013,376 people, July 2008 est.) is below the poverty line. Although the population, which is predominately Muslim (Sunnis and Shiaa), is relatively young (46.2 percent between 0 and 14 years and 51.2 percent between 15 and 64 years), the unemployment rate is still as high as 35 percent (CIA World Fact Book 2009).Bangladesh is an extremely poor and densely populated third world country situated in South East Asia (USAID 2007 and Atlapedia 2008). It has more than 150 million people and only 133,910 sq km of land area resulting in a high population density, which is 1,150 people per sq km, whereas the population density of China and India are 142 and 386 people per sq km, respectively. To make things even worse, about one third of the country floods every year causing serious damage to the already poor economy. GDP per capita (PPP) is only $1,300 whereas, in Australia it is $36,300. Almost half (45 percent) of the total population live below the poverty line (CIA World Fact Book 2008). Most of the people (around 85 percent of the total population) live in rural areas. Around 20 percent of the rural population live in extreme poverty. They do have any cultivable land or assets, and often suffer from serious illness and persistent food insecurity. Another 29 percent of the people are moderately poor meaning that they suffer from lack of protein and other nutritional elements in their diets (Rural Poverty Portal 2007).Islamic Republic of Pakistan emerged on the map of the world as an independent sovereign state on August 14, 1947. …