Medicating Young Minds (Cover Story)
Parents are relying on potent drugs for their troubled kids. Are short-term cures doing long-term harm?

Life on Medication (Cover Story)
"I Am a Different Person"

On Campus (Cover Story)
University Blues: A Crisis


Losing Face
The South's President pledged to clean up politics, but his own administration is being rocked by corruption scandals

All the President's Men
Corruption scandals have caught up some of Roh Moo Hyun's closest aides and supporters

Unhappy Returns
Transformed by privatization, the nation's health system is losing the battle against basic illnesses—and the poor are paying the price

A Paradise Divided
Is Asia's longest-serving elected leader out of touch with his small and fast- changing nation?


Around the World in 80 Years (TIME Global Adviser | Diversions)
Planning several decades of vacation time? 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, should keep you occupied

Lapping at the Lake (TIME Global Adviser | Time Traveler)
Sanlitun's so over. Lakeside Houhai is now Beijing's trendy quarter

Park Life (TIME Global Adviser | Next Time You're In... Milan)
Milan's glitzy new Park Hyatt

Here's The Beef (TIME Global Adviser | The Cost-Of-Living-It-Up Index)
What's the cost of a fine steak?

Going the Distance (TIME Global Adviser)
Airbus' new A340-500 enters service as the world's longest-range passenger jet

"How Do I Survive Port Morseby?" (Time Global Adviser | Question Time)
Staying safe in Papua New Guinea's rough-and-tumble capital

The House of Cards
A program to stimulate consumer spending worked too well. Now South Koreans are learning hard truths about credit-card debt


The Heat Detector
Former street punk Masakazu Takei is reinventing Japanese publishing by following his intuition


Little Matsui Steps Up
"Little Matsui" wants to make it big in the U.S.


The Man Who Made India
Diplomat Shashi Tharoor reviews the mixed legacy of Nehru, India's other founding father


Double Cross? (Notebook | China)
An academic accused of spying by China pleads guilty to charges in the U.S.

Playing His Part (Notebook | Philippines)
Another film actor aims for the Philippines' presidential seat

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Verbatim
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Letters
Asia's Mental-Health Crisis