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Web-only Exclusives
November 30, 2000

From Our Correspondent: Hirohito and the War
A conversation with biographer Herbert Bix

From Our Correspondent: A Rough Road Ahead
Bad news for the Philippines - and some others

From Our Correspondent: Making Enemies
Indonesia needs friends. So why is it picking fights?

Asiaweek Time Asia Now Asiaweek story

The Week of December 18, 1998

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C O V E R  S T O R Y
Cults Japan's Aum Shinrikyo rebuilds and recruits. Asiaweek's exclusive look inside the organization
E D I T O R I A L
ASEAN In Hanoi, the group needs to find a new cohesion
Mergers Is big really better in the corporate world?
T H E  N A T I O N S
Taiwan Why the KMT bounced back in local elections - and what it means for cross-strait relations
China Once again, a political crackdown
Indonesia Factionalism rips the country further apart
Thailand Chuan Leekpai's one-year-old administration cannot lose momentum now
Earth A drought could mean trouble for the government, too
NGOs The unofficial opposition
Thaksin and Chavalit The official opposition
Malaysia New twists and turns in the Anwar trial
Cambodia Oppositionist Sam Rainsy speaks - the expanded online interview
A R T S & S C I E N C E S
Malaysian Musical Singing in KL of conflict and tolerance
Historical Note All about Philippine Independence
Epic Apotheosis of a Korean queen - Broadway-style
Health Deflating myths about sex aids
Books The Philippines adrift: a tale of two U.S. bases
Technology Can Linux crack the Windows monopoly?
People Tennis's Williams sisters rally to Hong Kong's aid
Newsmakers Vajpayee asserts himself
Passage Subadio Sastrosatomo dies
From the Web Palm PCs for the China market?
B U S I N E S S
Champion An Indonesian activist pushes a "People's Economy"
Hero Adi Sasono on empowering the masses
Winners The top pribumi companies
Tycoon Bakrie says the poor must benefit, too
Dealmakers An M&A team gets the job done in Jakarta
Auction Gearing up for Thailand's mother-of-all-fire sales
Investing Making money in the age of the euro
L E T T E R S  &  C O M M E N T
Letters & Comment When a doctor errs - fatally
Market Highlights Copper and NatSteel
N E W S M A P
This week's news searchable by country
Cover Photograph by Epix/Sygma

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