COVER

Spirited Away (Cover Story)

TIME delves into the lurid and lucrative world of thieves who are robbing Asia of its priceless antiquities

ASIA

Regime Change (Mahathir: A Mixed Legacy)

After 22 years in power, Mahathir Mohamad is stepping down. Can Malaysia thrive without him?

Crisis of Confidence

A sagging economy, nukes up North, a corruption scandalSouth Korean President Roh Moo Hyun is under siege

GLOBAL ADVISER

Lowdown on the High Life (Time Global Adviser | Travel)

Which laundries can you trust with your Prada shirts? Find out from a new batch of guides for upscale tourists

The Best Airport Lounge (Time Global Adviser | Check In)

Changing planes at Heathrow? Here's the place to while away a few pampered hours

Going, Going, Gone (Time Global Adviser | The Cost of Living-It-Up Index)

On Oct. 23, Concorde will make its last commercial flight across the Atlantic, marking the end of 27 years of supersonic travel. A price list for a piece of aviation history

Subterranean Muse (Time Global Adviser | Diversions)

A Berlin exhibition about heaven is set in a place that was once a living hell

Do It Yourself (Time Global Adviser | Do It Yourself)

The Learning Curve

Style Watch (Time Global Adviser | Style Watch)

Bespoke, But Not Broke

BRIEFING

Baseball's Losers Live It Up (Notebook | Japan)

Boston Red Sox, meet your match: Japan's hapless Hanshin Tigers are on their way to the championships

Blood Feud (Notebook | China)

A four-year-old research scandal involving Harvard University rises to the fore again

Buckle Your Seat Belts (Notebook | North Korea)

A car crash injures a favored member of Kim Jong Il's family. But was it an accident?

Milestones (Notebook)

Italian aid pioneer murdered in Somalia

Verbatim (Notebook)

Quotes of the week

Letters (Notebook)

Koizumi: Does He Have What It Takes?