COVER
Smuggler's Blues (Asia)
Is Lai Changxing China's public enemy no. 1 or a hero for his time? Hannah Beech finds the kingpin in exile, frightened his motherland wants him dead
ASIA
General's Election
Pakistan's Musharraf has rewritten the constitution and will hold polls this week. The likely beneficiary: the religious right
Kiss Your Assets Goodbye
Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian wants to strip the powerful KMT party of its cash and its clout
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Married to the Mob
Bollywood stars are in a shotgun wedding with top gangsters. Sometimes the bullets are real
Cultural Capital? (Letter from Singapore)
Singapore's government has decided that citizens must be creativeat all costs
Prisoner of the Heart
In his memoir The Iron Road, James Mawdsley relates how he went to jail for a free Burmatwice
Burnt by the Rising Sun
December 6 is a hard-boiled mystery set in enemy territoryJapan on the eve of World War II
TECHNOLOGY
Femme Photography (Your Technology)
Digital cameras are getting smaller and simpler. Sony's Cyber-shot U tries to be stylish too
SOCIETY
Secrets and Lies (Asia)
South Korea tries to confront its brutal past. But a commission comes up with less than half the truth
10 Questions for Bishop Zen (Interview)
TIME Talks to Hong Kong's outspoken new Catholic leader
Hard Time for a Rebel (Asia)
Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong pop idol and movie icon, loves playing the Bad Boy, but bad boys get caught
BRIEFING
Nice Hiring, Dear Leader (Notebook)
North Korea's pick for free-trade czar is 'detained' by Beijing
It's Good To Be the King (Notebook)
Nepal's 12-year-old democracy is on the ropes
Bad Bucks (Notebook)
An influx of money too ugly to spend
Milestones (Notebook)
For the Week of October 14, 2002
TRAVEL
Seoul's Green Revolution
The New 'Miracle on the Han'
Hot Spot
Golden Scales Teashop
Detour
NamsanSouth Mountainis a quick fix for the nature-starved