New ideas needed on housing prices - Taipei Times
The National Association of General Contractors says there is a demand for 5,000 luxury homes in Taiwan, but there are only 2,000 such homes available, so demand clearly exceeds supply. In addition, the Ministry of Finance has stopped selling prime

Defector says N. Korean dictator lived lavishly - Washington Times
A North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country's rulers said Thursday the late dictator Kim Il-sung lived in luxury while many people struggled to survive in his impoverished communist nation. Kim Jong