For Ho Hsien-jung, a self-proclaimed expert on extraterrestrials and UFOs, believes that alien beings have shown interest in Taiwan, and he has photos on file to prove it
By Gavin Phipps
Calls to organizations monitoring UFO sightings are expected to rise over the coming weeks as the planet Mars passes close to the Earth. On June 23 the red planet will be closer to the Earth than at anytime in the past two years. And at a mere 67,578,000km away, the planet's polar ice caps will be visible to anyone with even a relatively cheap telescope.

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Cliches about the exotic east have done much to create the hotbed of AIDS and human traffic that is a stubborn stain on Thailand's international image
By Bradley Winterton
In a poor rural village in northeastern Thailand, among the buffalo and the children in rags, a well-dressed man arrives. He's looking, he says, for young people to work in hotels in the south, catering to rich tourists. Wide-eyed adolescents eagerly gather round. He studies them carefully, selects a handful and, after they've signed contracts, he leaves. Their parents are joyful and unsuspecting. Here is the chance of salvation from a poverty that has continued for generations.

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The inaugural exhibition of the ICA provides an overview of Taiwan's up and coming contemporary art talent
By Chang Ju-ping
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Taipei opened last week with a large showcase of contemporary art titled The Gravity of the Immaterial (輕且重的震撼).

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