http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Southeast_AsiaFind stories, videos, and photos about Southeast Asia from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:14:19 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/US/05/09/seattle.mystery.death/tztop.fiance.death.kgo.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Southeast_Asia14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Southeast Asia from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/09/seattle.mystery.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/09/seattle.mystery.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat started as a romantic Southeast Asia vacation for a Seattle couple ended with Ryan Kells preparing Friday to return from Bangkok carrying the ashes of his fiancee to give to her family in California.Mon, 11 May 2009 13:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/malaysia.iron.civilisation.find/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/malaysia.iron.civilisation.find/index.html#cnnSTCTextResearchers with a Malaysian university said they have uncovered evidence of an iron industry that dates to the 3rd Century, A.D., and proves that ancient civilizations in Southeast Asia were more advanced than once thought.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/traveltips/02/23/affordable.city.hotels/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/traveltips/02/23/affordable.city.hotels/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhat would you expect to pay for accommodations in a palatial, elegantly decorated suite in one of London's most famously posh neighborhoods?Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/indonesia.fire/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/indonesia.fire/index.html#cnnSTCTextA tank in the Indonesian capital's sole fuel depot has caught fire, belching billowing black clouds of smoke into the air as millions of gallons of fuel blazed.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/08/talkasia.hill/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/08/talkasia.hill/index.html#cnnSTCTextWashington's man in Asia, Christopher Hill, helped broker a breakthrough deal with North Korea. As pressure mounts on Pyongyang to deliver a complete nuclear declaration amid the election of a new president in Seoul, Hill discusses the landmark six-party talks, his thoughts on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and concerns over China's growing military power. Once the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, Hill walks CNN's Sohn Jie-Ae through his old haunts in Seoul and sits down for a meal with her at his favorite Korean restaurant, now something of a local landmark thanks to his patronage.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:28:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1837676,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1837676,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe fate of the firefly, dwindling in numbers, drew more than 100 entomologists and biologists to Thailand's northern city of Chiang Mai last weekSat, 30 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/27/navarette.may.27/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/27/navarette.may.27/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves, many Americans exhibit short fuses -- and even shorter memories.Wed, 28 May 2008 00:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/shrimp.workers.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/shrimp.workers.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextWorkers in Southeast Asia's shrimp industry suffer regular abuse and sometimes live in what amounts to virtual slavery, a human-rights organization said Wednesday.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:11:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1732125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1732125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs the frequency of piracy on the high seas grows, many ship owners aren't willing to wait for the navy to help them outFri, 18 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20164339,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20164339,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnAngelina Jolie, who was distanced from the espionage game as Matt Damon's wife in last year's The Good Shepherd, plans to jump feet first into the spy ring for an upcoming move.Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:25:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1686084,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1686084,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA scarcity of petroleum engineers means hard-to-get crude is increasingly difficult to extract -- and even high salaries will not solve the problem overnightTue, 20 Nov 2007 18:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1674060,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1674060,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA three-year-long manhunt ends as suspected pedophile Christopher Paul Neil is apprehended Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/plate.myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/plate.myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor most of the morning the other day, they locked down one of the two massive runways at busy Changi International Airport here. This was unusual.Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:24:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661941,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661941,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPowerful earthquakes terrorized Indonesia for a third day Friday as thousands of people slept outside in the hills, and seismologists warned that the worst may be yet to comeFri, 14 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/traveltips/06/30/street.food/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/traveltips/06/30/street.food/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn his new book, "Street Food: Exploring the World's Most Authentic Tastes," Tom Kime, a chef who has worked in top restaurants in London, Sydney and Malta, reveals how to make 89 favorite dishes that he has tasted during his many trips around the globe. While the book focuses on recipes, Kime learned quite a bit more while conducting research on the streets of Southeast Asia, the Caribbean and beyond. We asked him for tips on finding the most delicious food and avoiding an upset stomach, or worse.Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/25/btsc.rivers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/25/btsc.rivers/index.htmlI thought it was a joke when I first got the e-mail. CNN's Jakarta producer contacted me to say that the recently captured Indonesian terrorist suspect, Abu Dujana, was willing to do an interview. I felt like saying "Yes, well let's see if Osama's available too, and we can see if we can get them on Larry King as a double act."Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:52:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632276,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632276,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Bush administration on Tuesday added seven nations, including several key U.S. allies in the Middle East, to its human trafficking blacklistWed, 13 Jun 2007 14:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/asia.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/asia.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTextCNN International turns the spotlight on terrorism in Southeast Asia during a week of special reports -- "Southeast Asia: The Forgotten Front," beginning Monday, December 18.Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/indonesia.terror/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/indonesia.terror/index.htmlOne of Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorists is in police custody, an anti-terror police official in Indonesia has told CNN.Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/26/ch.shepperd/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/26/ch.shepperd/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome will be limping, some will be limbless, some will appear totally normal, but all will be affected in some way by their experience in Iraq ... forever, and so will their families. Such is war.Tue, 22 May 2007 16:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/03/13/bt.airasiax/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/03/13/bt.airasiax/index.htmlAirAsia X, the region's newest budget airline, has shelved plans for a July launch.Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/06/07/birdflu.worldbank/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/06/07/birdflu.worldbank/index.htmlSouth Asia is a high-risk region for bird flu and a consequent economic recession because of the large role that poultry plays in the lives of many people there, the World Bank has warned.Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/17/indonesia.volcano/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/17/indonesia.volcano/index.htmlMount Merapi has shot out a cloud of hot ash and gas, ending two days of relative calm and reviving fears of hundreds of people living on its slopes.Wed, 17 May 2006 12:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/indonesia.volcano/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/indonesia.volcano/index.htmlIndonesia's Mount Merapi is spewing clouds of gas, ash and rock, but activity appears to have eased a day after the mountain had its most violent eruption in weeks.Tue, 16 May 2006 09:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/bush.terror/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/bush.terror/index.htmlShortly after 9/11, al Qaeda began planning to use shoe bombers to hijack a commercial airplane and fly it into the tallest building in Los Angeles, California, President Bush said Thursday.Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/05/turkey.birdflu/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/05/turkey.birdflu/index.htmlA 15-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Turkey, becoming the country's second person to succumb to the virus, according to health officials.Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/04/turkey.birdflu/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/04/turkey.birdflu/index.htmlA 14-year-old boy died in Turkey from bird flu in the first known human death from the illness outside of China and Southeast Asia, Turkish health officials said Wednesday.Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/12/09/birdflu.thai/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/12/09/birdflu.thai/index.htmlThailand's Health Ministry has confirmed the death of a 5-year-old boy from avian influenza.Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:35:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/28/pf/saving/willis_tips/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/28/pf/saving/willis_tips/index.htmTornadoes, tsunamis, hurricanes.Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:56:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/14/pf/holiday_bonuses/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/14/pf/holiday_bonuses/index.htmNEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Fifty-nine percent of companies say they won't be giving out holiday bonuses in any form this year. And of those that will, only 13 percent said they will be giving out bonuses in cash.Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/14/flu.preparedness/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/14/flu.preparedness/index.htmlPublic health officials say they are prepared for the flu season this year, but their confidence is tempered by fears of a possible bird flu pandemic.Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/03/asia.birdflu.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/03/asia.birdflu.main/index.htmlU.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the international community to make immediate preparations for a possible pandemic of bird flu.Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/10/20/ew.books.tan/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/10/20/ew.books.tan/index.htmlA San Francisco antiques dealer dies under suspicious circumstances days before she is scheduled to lead a group of rich American tourists through Southeast Asia.Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/10/20/flu.advice/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/10/20/flu.advice/index.htmlThe detection of bird flu in Europe and further deaths from the disease in Asia have heightened health concerns for people visiting affected countries.Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/23/safe.exhibition/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/09/23/safe.exhibition/index.htmlIn an age of anxiety and fear, safety and security have perhaps become the ultimate luxury commodities.Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/12/us.victim/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/12/us.victim/index.htmlAt least one American is missing and presumed dead following last week's terror attacks that killed more than 50 people in London, England. New Yorker Michael Matsushita, 37, is believed to have been caught in the explosion on a train near King's Cross station.Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:29:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/03/07/8253409/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/03/07/8253409/index.htmTALK ABOUT GUARDING THE HENHOUSE. TO REACH ONE OF the secluded chicken farms of Charles River Laboratories, a Wilmington, Mass., biomedical products and services company, you wind along a New Engla...Mon, 07 Mar 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/01/31/news/international/tsunami_insurer/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/01/31/news/international/tsunami_insurer/index.htmInsured losses from the 2004 Southeast Asia earthquake and tsunami will be less than $4 billion, according to a Risk Management Solutions report issued this week.Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/tsunami.mental.illness/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/20/tsunami.mental.illness/index.htmlThe World Health Organization has said that nearly all the people affected by the tsunami that hit southern Asia last month will suffer some form of psychosocial trauma.Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:37:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/01/04/news/international/relief_production/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/01/04/news/international/relief_production/index.htmWhile helicopter-dropped food packages dominate the headlines, another army of workers are scrambling behind the scenes to make the water filtration systems, logistics arrangements and other specialized equipment needed for the disaster response effort.Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/australia.indonesia.terror/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/australia.indonesia.terror/index.htmlAustralia and Indonesia are stepping up their joint efforts to fight terrorism in the region, with Canberra doubling its financial aid to Jakarta.Wed, 08 Dec 2004 01:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/25/birdflu.warning/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/11/25/birdflu.warning/index.htmlThe World Health Organization has issued a dramatic warning that bird flu will trigger an international pandemic that could kill up to seven million people.Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/22/predators.in.paradise/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/22/predators.in.paradise/index.htmlA dangerous intruder has invaded Everglades National Park, and it's putting the native wildlife at risk.Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:18:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/08/01/377364/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/08/01/377364/index.htmEcuador has defaulted on its debt more than any other nation. So why would you want to buy its bonds? Or, for that matter, those of Russia, where oligarchs and an ex-KGB agent wrestle one another f...Sun, 01 Aug 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/17/magazines/moneymag/101_travel_0407/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/17/magazines/moneymag/101_travel_0407/index.htmRemember these common sense points when you're looking into doing some traveling.Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/06/11/dance.workout/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/06/11/dance.workout/index.htmlAccording to the American Council on Exercise, a top-notch exercise program should have three components: strength, flexibility and aerobic training.Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/australia.treasure/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/australia.treasure/index.htmlAustralian police have arrested a man over a Southeast Asia sunken treasure scheme that promised huge returns to investors.Fri, 19 Mar 2004 03:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/09/wbr.bird.flu/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/09/wbr.bird.flu/index.htmlFrom Wolf Blitzer Reports' Jennifer Coggiola in Washington:Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:10:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/01/20/335646/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/01/20/335646/index.htmTo answer your first question: That yellow thing looming above is a Buddha's Hand citron (a.k.a. fingered citron), a fruit native to Southeast Asia. To answer your second question: It's in FORTUNE ...Mon, 20 Jan 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278085/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278085/index.htmA group of six old women kneel in the middle of the street and chat amiably as the sun rises over Luang Prabang, a quiet town in central Laos. Their conversation stops when a rail-thin Buddhist mon...Mon, 17 Apr 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269109/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269109/index.htmBlack pepper "is the most important spice in the world," says celebrity chef Bobby Flay. "If I had to give up black pepper for Lent, I'd starve to death." What Flay and the rest of us probably have...Mon, 22 Nov 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/12/258148/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/12/258148/index.htmIn architecture, as in all things, human beings have been forever trying to outdo one another. But it was the arrival of steel near the end of the 19th century that let the game begin in earnest. I...Mon, 12 Apr 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/07/06/244784/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/07/06/244784/index.htmIf you own an S&P 500 index fund, you're actually making a diversified international play, according to a new study by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. The index's companies make almost a quarter of the...Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/03/01/238615/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/03/01/238615/index.htmWhen health officials in Hong Kong ordered the slaughter of the island's 1.3 million chickens this past January, a cynic might have expected New York Stock Exchange traders to start hoarding Chicke...Sun, 01 Mar 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/16/237700/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/16/237700/index.htmU.S. business executives finally appear to be getting worried about the Asia crisis' effect on the economy. But not too worried. FORTUNE's business confidence index for mid-January was 152. That's ...Mon, 16 Feb 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/16/237686/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/16/237686/index.htmIt's getting to be a familiar plot: Banks throw dollars at fast-developing countries. The borrowers gorge on cheap credit until their propped-up currencies collapse, swamping them with dollar debt ...Mon, 16 Feb 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236454/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236454/index.htmCan there be a silver lining to the Asian currency crises? Actually, yes--for travelers. The turmoil has opened a window on some great high-end travel bargains, particularly in Thailand and Malaysi...Mon, 12 Jan 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/29/235887/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/29/235887/index.htmWant something to worry about besides the year-2000 effect on the world's computers? Try wringing your hands about overcapacity. The New York Times recently fingered it as capable of causing the de...Mon, 29 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/29/235886/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/29/235886/index.htmI like the theory of efficient financial markets as much as anyone. I don't begrudge Robert Merton and Myron Scholes the Nobel Prize they just received for showing how that theory can help you pric...Mon, 29 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/12/15/236097/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/12/15/236097/index.htmWhen it comes to investing these days, you may agree with Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz--there's no place like home. After all, once you step off U.S. shores, you risk being swept up in a global mark...Mon, 15 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234892/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234892/index.htmIf only the world always made sense. Then the best way to bet on a comeback in Southeast Asia would be obvious: Buy closed-end country funds. After all, they must be really cheap now, given the big...Mon, 08 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/11/24/234381/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/11/24/234381/index.htmAs far as the citizens of Hong Kong were concerned, Wednesday, Oct. 23, couldn't have been a more inauspicious day. In the city's financial center, a plumbing fault suddenly drained an ornamental p...Mon, 24 Nov 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/11/10/233793/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/11/10/233793/index.htmIn the wake of devastating currency declines, the Southeast Asian stock markets are shuddering. Since early 1997, equity prices in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand have...Mon, 10 Nov 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/27/233298/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/27/233298/index.htmWhen Thailand's stock market plunged 50% in dollar terms this past summer, taking those in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines down with it, you would have expected every emerging-m...Mon, 27 Oct 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/27/233281/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/27/233281/index.htmYou'd expect Ford, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and other multinationals to be more than a little nervous about the economic convulsions that have rocked Southeast Asia--plunging currencies, crashi...Mon, 27 Oct 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/31/224073/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/31/224073/index.htmEver since the Berlin Wall came down, people have been talking about the possibility of making big money in Eastern Europe. Now at least some investors are. A little-known mutual fund, Vontobel Eas...Mon, 31 Mar 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/17/223302/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/17/223302/index.htmTo U.S. automakers, Asia looks as California must have to the prospectors of 1849: a place to strike it rich. Weary of competing in the slow-growing, overcrowded markets of North America and Wester...Mon, 17 Mar 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/01/210986/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/04/01/210986/index.htmIf 1996's first quarter is any indication, emerging markets are back on mutual fund investors' dance cards: In January more than $1 billion was pumped into emerging markets equity funds, nearly one...Mon, 01 Apr 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/02/01/207702/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/02/01/207702/index.htmWhere can you get great funds at a discount? In the backwater of the mutual fund business, that shallow pool called closed-end funds, where values are better than they've been in years. Thu, 01 Feb 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/09/18/206100/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/09/18/206100/index.htmA sailor at heart, investment maven Katherine Busboom Magrath, 54, set up shop in the yachting mecca of Marblehead, Massachusetts. With her yawl Gesina moored nearby, the chief investment officer o...Mon, 18 Sep 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/11/14/79978/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/11/14/79978/index.htmThis is the best year for the travel industry since 1986," says Kidder Peabody analyst Bjorn Hanson. So what, say you. Your last vacation was a big letdown, and now you refuse to even plan a trip t...Mon, 14 Nov 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/11/79524/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/11/79524/index.htmRemember how tough it was competing against Japan when the dollar was strong? Well, don't get too comfortable now, even though currency markets have knocked the greenback down to 103 yen, almost it...Mon, 11 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/05/30/79344/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/05/30/79344/index.htmThe corporate jet, essentially a 1960s U.S. invention, has largely remained a trapping peculiar to American corporate culture ever since, with 50% to 75% of the market for such planes residing in N...Mon, 30 May 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/04/01/88776/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/04/01/88776/index.htmDonna Johnson, 47, and her artist husband Bruce, 49, spend four to six weeks a year traveling to intriguing places like Russia, China and Southeast Asia -- both to paint and to gather art that they...Fri, 01 Apr 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78618/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78618/index.htmAs befits a man born in Holland, the first foreign stock Maurits E. Edersheim bought when he was a young investor on Wall Street was Royal Dutch/Shell. That was in the late 1940s, when only the int...Mon, 15 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/01/78576/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/01/78576/index.htmGermans and Japanese have fallen for Jeeps. Saudi sheikhs won't give up their Cadillacs. When Chinese hail a taxi, they get a Ford Tempo. Detroit, once renowned for its provincialism, is finally be...Mon, 01 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/04/78437/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/04/78437/index.htmWhat will the accord between Israelis and Palestinians mean for them economically? For both sides the potential gains are significant. The prospect of peace has already excited stock prices on the ...Mon, 04 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76931/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76931/index.htmTHE NATIONS of the Pacific Rim bound toward the year 2000 at a growth rate unmatched by most of the globe. But the trip is not without its dangers. FORTUNEasked respected business and political lea...Mon, 05 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/09/21/76900/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/09/21/76900/index.htmThere's little doubt the economy is frazzled. Job cuts mount, consumer confidence wanes, housing starts fall, auto sales idle. But will it fizzle as it did last year, when the slow-mo recovery that...Mon, 21 Sep 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/04/75723/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/04/75723/index.htmAfter years of surging sales, Japanese automakers are shifting into low gear as domestic demand for cars and trucks slows (see chart). One reason for the slump: Japanese buyers have less disposable...Mon, 04 Nov 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/07/75553/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/07/75553/index.htmDRESSED in delicate batik or colorful silk, most Asian women act charmingly deferential to men. But don't be fooled by outward appearances. A seemingly demure, fluttering creature may actually be a...Mon, 07 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/15/75280/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/15/75280/index.htmSingapore has surfaced as the Kuwait of Southeast Asia: a small country (pop. 2.7 million) with billions of dollars of hard cash for investment overseas. Conservative estimates place the republic's...Mon, 15 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/01/75235/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/01/75235/index.htmIncreasingly, Thailand, Malaysia, and other industrializing countries in Southeast Asia have come to seem like part of an integrated manufacturing and trading zone dominated by Japan Inc. Since 197...Mon, 01 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/11/13/72743/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/11/13/72743/index.htmWHAT MAKES a good banking connection in Asia today is a far cry from what customers looked for a decade ago. Big borrowers of the recent past, like South Korea, are so flush that they now look to f...Mon, 13 Nov 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/11/13/72747/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/11/13/72747/index.htmJAPAN blazed the export trail. But soon a new group of champions came roaring down that path -- Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea. Now a second pack of Asian nations is carving out a gr...Mon, 13 Nov 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/04/01/84395/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/04/01/84395/index.htmJoseph Laurenzano thought he had done everything right. On a recent stopover in Rome, the 68-year-old retiree from Belen, N.M. checked his luggage at the Termini train station and shifted his walle...Fri, 01 Apr 1988 05:01:00 EST