Originally Posted by thevirtual

There is a list of reserved names, which includes every single country (seriously). Of course this is ridiculous for the asia Registry to claim these domains.

However the country names with dashes aren't on the Reserved list, therefore it is ridiculous that they have denied the registration of these domains. I tried to register The-philippines.asia and didn't get it either, no notification, no refund either.

Btw, I tried to register Unitedstatesofamerica.asia (country name) and went through the regging process, and paid the fee. However whois is showing someone else got the domain. I am still waiting for a refund from Eurodns...