COVER STORY
Flying Too High?
The Korean pop music biz is Asia's hottest. A police investigation is now revealing that producers and artists may have been buying their way to the top

Show Me the Money
Are pop stars underpaid?


Inside Korea's Pop Machine
TIME takes a look behind the scenes of the Korean music business



Ultimate Idol Smack Down
TIME's single-elimination battle royale to decide Asia's most killer pop icon. Who will win?


Who's got the best pop music in Asia?

Japan
South Korea
Hong Kong
India
Other



COVER STORY
Empress of Pop
TIME gets an up-close view of Japan's automated idol factories with pop superstar Ayumi Hamasaki (Mar. 25, 2002)

COVER STORY
The Economic Engine that Could
Global recession? Never heard of it. In South Korea the name of the game is shop 'til you drop (Mar. 18, 2002)


CREDIT: KI HO PARK--KISTONE

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