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...once called the world's largest heroin producer. In the '80s and '90s, when Burma produced three-quarters of the world's heroin, the charming, ruthless guerrilla leader fended off ethnic rivals to control some 75% of Burma's trade--as well as a cadre of brutal armies to cement his rule. He surrendered with amnesty to Burmese officials in 1996. Now the Golden Triangle grows just 5% of the world's heroin supply. Khun Sa, who died of unknown causes...
...ground attack is on the rise, with freshman Gino Gordon, the reigning Ivy Rookie of the Week, now sharing time atop the depth chart along with sophomore Cheng Ho.Entering the soft part of its schedule—Dartmouth and Columbia are on deck—the Crimson can cement its status as a top-two team in the Ivies with a win. Prediction: Harvard 30, Princeton 20PENN (2-3, 1-1) VS. NO. 16 YALE (5-0, 2-0)With every passing week, by running every week, Yale looks more and more primed to finish the season undefeated. Mike McLeod...
...works out, Kovacs could cement his place among the greatest athletes in Harvard sailing history...
...decrepitude and its citizens in de facto peonage. The U.S. government estimates the North's per capita GDP to be about $1,800, roughly the same as Zimbabwe's. Per capita exports are about $60 a year--less than 1% of South Korea's. Aside from fishing, mining and cement production, the North has only a hodgepodge of functional industries, including, weirdly enough, its animation studios, which have been used by several European companies. One of the few export industries to flourish, meanwhile, has been military hardware. Illicit trade in drugs and counterfeit products may net Kim's regime...
...other pioneers are already there. Orascom, an Egyptian conglomerate, recently signed a $115 million deal to buy a stake in a North Korean cement company. And later this month, a British firm will begin offering subscriptions for the first ever D.P.R.K.-focused investment fund. Colin McAskill, director of the Chosun Development & Investment Fund, says it will concentrate on the mining industry. "You have to think off the wall in North Korea, because nothing conventional has ever worked there," he says...