COVER

Kim's Rackets

Kim Jong Il funds his failing state by counterfeiting, smuggling and slanging drugs

South Korea

President Roh Moo Hyun, who has lately seen his popularity plunge with dizzying speed

ASIA

Dead Silence

Indonesia's military is being given a free hand to strangle Aceh

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Afghanistan

Cannes' best Asian films came from Afghanistan

TRAVEL

Travel Desk

There's a new mood in travel these days-a steady and quietly pervasive neurosis

SPORTS

BRIEFING

Noxious Nosh (Notebook)

In China, people are hungry for a taste of the wild

Hong Kong Cleans Up (Notebook)

SARS has inspired the government to look for ways to spruce up the city

Milestones (Notebook)

Concorde, the sleek, chic, supersonic passenger jet retired after 27 years of service

Verbatim (Notebook)

For the Week of June 9, 2003