COVER

North Korea: The Coldest War

How a succession crisis put the U.S. and North Korea on a collision course — and why two Americans are caught in the middle

EUROPE

Labour Pains (Britain)

Bruised by the parliamentary expenses scandal, humiliating losses in European and local elections, and a series of Cabinet resignations, Gordon Brown survives the threat of a leadership challenge. But 12 years on, New Labour is running out of ideas

RELIGION

The Storm Over the Mormons

From politics to pop culture, the Church of Latter-day Saints is now a mainstream force. But the church's high-stakes campaign against gay marriage has made it a target. A look at what Mormons believe

ESSAY

Foiled Again

China's attempts to invest strategically in the developed world keep running into walls

LETTERS

GLOBAL BUSINESS

One Drip at a Time (The Internet)

Online-game companies are making money from micropayments. Can publishers?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Buyers' Market (Art)

A new breed of collectors is changing the way the Indian art world operates and views itself

GLOBAL ADVISER

A Brush with Gauguin (TIME Traveler)

Follow the famed artist's footsteps on the Polynesian island of Hiva Oa

One on the Bund, in Singapore (Amuse-Bouche)

Hong Kong restaurateur Calvin Yeung's new Singapore eatery borrows inspiration from Shanghai's famous Bund