Northern Exposure (Asia)
TIME looks inside crumbling North Korea, the starving nuclear nation

Viewpoint (Asia)
Will President Kim Dae Jung's signature engagement strategy, the "Sunshine Policy," be displaced by a "Nuclear Winter Policy"?


The Long Way Home
Many captives in Guantanamo aren't terrorists, and they deserve to go home

Last Stand
Finance chief Takenaka's reforms are under attack, making it showdown time for Prime Minister Koizumi

Rubble Trouble
Investigators are struggling to unravel the deadly nightclub bombings

To Be Pragmatic is Glorious
The U.S. and China may not be allies, but they clearly need each other


Under the Wheels
The motorcycle rules in Vietnam—but now bike fatalities are fueling a trade spat with Japan


A Star is Formed
Tricia Chen is going to be a Canto-pop idol?which means she won't be herself anymore

Milestones
For the Week of November 4, 2002

The Wrong Guys?
Terrorism has hit the Philippines hard in the last couple of weeks

Starting Time
For the Week of November 4, 2002

Character Assassination
Being a Japanese politician has been hazardous to little more than one's ego


Where Tourists Feared to Tread
Trincomalee starts earning its peace dividend

Hot Spot
Hermes is just one of the wrecks that forms a divers' paradise

Detour
Polonnaruwa is one of the "Cultural Triangle" of ancient capitals