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
Inbox
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
Beat the Crowds at Ancient Ayutthaya (Day Tripper)
Compared to Angkor, the Thai ruins at Ayutthaya are serenity itself
Former Abba Star Plays Hotel Host (Check In)
Stockholm's Hotel Rival is a 1930s Art Deco cinema lovingly converted by former Abba member Benny Andersson
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