Ali Imtiaz, 30, a graduate chemistry student from India, experimenting at Kaist, where a bid to transform South Korea's science culture is under way.
South Korean science prepares to take on the world By CHOE SANG-HUN Changes afoot at Kaist, South Korea's top science and technology university, signal the country's new ambition to compete with global innovators.
CIA says militant was behind Bhutto's death By MARK MAZZETTI The Central Intelligence Agency's judgment is the first formal assessment by the US government about who was responsible for killing Benazir Bhutto.
Way seems cleared for new Thai government By THOMAS FULLER Thailand's Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the party backed by Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister whose return to the country now seems more likely.
Dichotomies endure, but the pressure builds By HOWARD W. FRENCH More than most places, it is tempting to see China today as a study in dichotomies. One involves an ongoing struggle for social justice, and can be seen as a race between protest and process as a means of addressing legitimate grievances.
American held in Pakistani jail is gravely ill By JANE PERLEZ A Pakistani-American doctor has been held without charges under severe conditions in Pakistan for nearly two years and is gravely ill.
Bloggers push China to prosecute beating death By DAVID BARBOZA Bloggers have used the Internet to force Chinese officials into investigating what appears to have been a brutal beating by other government officials.
UN expresses regret at Myanmar's slow progress AP The UN Security Council expressed concern Thursday at the junta's slow progress in opening a dialogue with the opposition and called for the early return of the UN envoy.
