COVER
Northern Exposure (Asia)
TIME looks inside crumbling North Korea, the starving nuclear nation
Viewpoint (Asia)
Will President Kim Dae Jung's signature engagement strategy, the "Sunshine Policy," be displaced by a "Nuclear Winter Policy"?
ASIA
The Long Way Home
Many captives in Guantanamo aren't terrorists, and they deserve to go home
Last Stand
Finance chief Takenaka's reforms are under attack, making it showdown time for Prime Minister Koizumi
Rubble Trouble
Investigators are struggling to unravel the deadly nightclub bombings
To Be Pragmatic is Glorious
The U.S. and China may not be allies, but they clearly need each other
BUSINESS
Under the Wheels
The motorcycle rules in Vietnambut now bike fatalities are fueling a trade spat with Japan
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A Star is Formed
Tricia Chen is going to be a Canto-pop idol?which means she won't be herself anymore
BRIEFING
Milestones (Notebook)
For the Week of November 4, 2002
The Wrong Guys? (Notebook)
Terrorism has hit the Philippines hard in the last couple of weeks
Starting Time (Notebook)
For the Week of November 4, 2002
Character Assassination (Notebook)
Being a Japanese politician has been hazardous to little more than one's ego
TRAVEL
Where Tourists Feared to Tread
Trincomalee starts earning its peace dividend
Hot Spot
Hermes is just one of the wrecks that forms a divers' paradise
Detour
Polonnaruwa is one of the "Cultural Triangle" of ancient capitals