How Dangerous is North Korea?
The world grapples with the threat of a nuclear North Korea


The Long Goodbye
Arroyo decides—for the nation's sake—not to run again for President

Urban Cowboys
Police on the mean streets of Bombay combat gangsters with blazing guns

10 Questions For Xu Wenli
Chinese dissident Xu Wenli was released on medical parole from a mainland prison after serving four years of a 13-year sentence for organizing an opposition political party


China's New stock cop
Can Shang Fulin impose order on China's treacherous stock bourses?


What Lies Beneath
The continuous fighting of Hindus and Muslims for a 1.1-hectare piece of real estate

Milestones
LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA as the first left-wing President of Brazil in 40 years

Profiles in Courage
Controversy surrounds the deeds of Chiune Sugihara


E-mails from the Edge
Author Jamie James portrays the darker side of Bali’s sun-kissed paradise

The Bali Blues
Jamie James spoke with TIME about his year in Bali researching his novel

As American as Twinkies
A Big Mac and fries just don't cut it. Deli-starved U.S. expats in Hong Kong are discovering Archie B's


Clean, Sober and Suffering
A sanctuary of good health in southern Thailand

Asian Table
Chef Jeffrey Lord is as much an attraction as the food