In this issue
Edition: Asia
Edition: Asia
Vol. 168, No. 24
COVER
What Makes Us Different?
(Cover Story)
Not very much, when you look at our DNA. But those few tiny changes made all the difference in the world
ASIA
In Death's Shadow
A TIME investigation sheds light on the growing strength and radicalism of the new breed of Islamic militants fighting in southern Thailand
NOTEBOOK
The Price of Pollution
Hong Kong's worsening air quality is driving down analyst estimates for real estate companiesand could start driving residents away
Q & A: Cindy Sheehan
TIME talks to the American anti-war protester on her visit to South Korea
Milestones
Verbatim
Letters
A President in Isolation
GLOBAL ADVISER
Living in a Dream World
(Check In)
Glam it up at Vikram Chatwal's latest luxe hotel in Bangkok
Tent City (Diversions)
A traveling exhibition by Médecins Sans Frontières is a powerful evocation of how refugees are forced to live
Fine Lines (TIME Traveler)
Asia's poshest ways to ride the rails
That Personal Touch (Style Watch)
Design your own household accessories

TIME.com's Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: Garrison Keillor
Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition
The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
Can a Good Guy Fix College Football's Worst Thing?
The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak
Obama's First State Dinner
The Princess and the Frog: Big Fun on the Bayou
Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage