Asylum-seeker flies to South Korea
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North Korean Park Young-shil runs to catch a flight to South Korea at CKS airport yesterday.
PHOTO: LIU HSIN-TEH, TAIPEI TIMES
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Justice minister wants prosecutor investigated
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Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan holds up a newspaper report on the crackdown on vote-buying in Hualien County during a press conference yesterday.
PHOTO: WANG YI-SUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Peru wants former president extradited
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Fedor Munoz, 65, the brother of a university professor murdered by a death squad a decade ago, attends a vigil outside the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday. The posters of Fujimori read: ``Wanted.''
PHOTO: AP
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Witness says al-Qaeda funded Bali blasts
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Indonesian judges listen to testimony from senior Jemaah Islamiah member Wan Min Wan Mat given via teleconference from Malaysia during the trial of Indonesian preacher Mukhlas, a suspect in last October's Bali bombings, yesterday.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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Iraqi figurehead chosen by council
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US top civil administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, speaks at the re-opening of the foreign ministry in Baghdad yesterday. The ministry, bombed and then looted during the US-led war on Iraq, was re-opened without a minister, ambassadors or diplomatic muscle.
PHOTO: AFP
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America now thinks it's God
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ILLUSTRATION: MOUNTAIN PEOPLE
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Celebrating `The Wedding Banquet' in song
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PHOTO COURTESY OF SIRAYA THEATRITAL
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From left to right, Welly Yang, Anne Dionisio and Tyley Ross, the stars of a new musical production of The Wedding Banquet.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SIRAYA THEATRITAL
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Jazz comes to town for the summer
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The Tamsui Jazz Festival will bring together many local jazz musicians to play together for the first time.
PHOTO: GRACE WENG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Pop Stop
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Putting SARS into a box
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Council of Cultural Affairs Chairwoman Tchen Yu-chiou, center, pose with participants of "Putting SARS into Pandora's Box" that is part of the black box project in the Images of Asia Cultural Festival.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Unveiling a new Underworld
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The new look of Underworld.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KEITH SAUNDERS
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CD reviews
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Restaurant: Om-A-Hum (OM阿Hum)
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Green tea-flavored noodles are a route to better health at Om-A-Hum.
PHOTO: VICO LEE, TAIPEI TIMES
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Restaurant: Kwei Hwa Restaurant (桂華會館)
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Roast duck acquires a lychee spin at Kwei Hwa.
PHOTO: YU SEN-LUN, TAIPEI TIMES
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A super-sized, action-packed bundle of nothing
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Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union and Will Smith get ready to kick some serious arse in Bad Boys II.
PHOTO: BVI
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Fast cars and shades are about as deep as this movie gets.
PHOTO: BVI
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Gabrielle Union as the sexiest FBI agent you ever saw.
PHOTO: BVI
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Spinning the stuff of soap opera into gold
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Love takes on many forms in Susanne Bier's powerful Open Hearts.
PHOTOS: YIN HUI
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Hewitt aces his way past Michael Joyce
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Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark hits a backhand against Prakash Armitraj of India during the Mercedes-Benz Cup at Strauss Stadium at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday.
PHOTO: AFP
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NFL takes the heat
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Warren Sapp, left, and Shinzo Yamada, second from left, stand with New York Jets' Chad Pennington, right, and Yoshinobu Imoto at a news conference in Tokyo, yesterday. The National Football League kicks off its preseason in Japan this weekend, as players from Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay and the New York Jets face off in their annual exhibition in Asia.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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White Sox's batting leads to Royals loss
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Jose Valentin of the White Sox hits a home run off of Royals starting pitcher Runelvys Hernandez during the second inning in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday.
PHOTO: AP
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