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in Taiwan. Instead of relying on donations like American parties, the ruling Kuomintang party owns over a hundred companies, from a bank to a movie studio. Political opponents claim the income from these enterprises allow the Kuomintang to unfairly dominate Taiwanese politics.

about trial of an army drill sergeant at the Aberdeen training center who is charged with several rapes and other sexual assaults. The prosecution is expected to rest its case Thursday.

in Kinshasa as Laurent Kabila's rebels remain confident of their eventual victory and President Mobutu Sese Seko refuses to concede power. Prospects for a proposed face to face meeting in South Africa 's Julie McCarhty reports on the potential for change in North Korea. The Stalinist nation is in the twin grips of starvation and repression...some analysts think a coup d'etat is imminent, others think the army will defend the regime against any uprising. South Korea and the United States, meanwhile, are providing food aid in the hope of easing what they see as the North's inevitable transition.

international trade policy was clearly influenced by domestic political concerns on three occasions in 1995 and '96. Critics contend that the administration caved in to farmers and other domestic interest groups at the expense of American consumers.

Combatting youth crime has become a priority for President Clinton, who recently asked Congress to fund a major effort to reduce juvenile crime. Many of the cases in juvenile court are over troubled youths who -- depending on what happens to them in court and outside -- may or may not wind up as hardened criminals. Julia McEvoy followed one such youth, Emanual Johnson, through his experience in Cook County's Juvenile Court in Chicago.

by Mexico's dismissal of its drug czar two weeks ago and U.S. recertification of Mexico last week as a reliable drug fighting partner.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the US military's plans to evacuate American citizens from Zaire if that country's civil war reaches the capital, Kinshasa. About a hundred and fifty American troops are in Brazzaville, the capital of neighboring Congo, just across the Zaire river from Kinshasa. Another two thousand are on the U-S-S Nassau, an ambphibious assault ship stationed off Zaire's coast. If an order to evacuate is given, the American forces are ready to move into Kinshasa with attack helicopters to evacuate the roughly five hundred U-S citizens there.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports that since the Oklahoma City bombing, American militia groups have expanded their ranks, and their activity. That growth is fueling fears that the groups may be expressing their beliefs in increasingly violent ways.

-- NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on how work at the Labor Department is being affected by the fact that there is no secretary. Senate Republicans are blocking a confirmation vote on Alexis Herman, President Clinton's nominee to succeed Robert Reich, who left the administration four months ago and work is backing up at the Department.

-- Host Bob Edwards talks with Paco Underhill, a consultant on consumer buying habits, about the ways retailers can improve sales. Shoppers are spending less time in stores than they used to....consultants like Underhill find ways to arrange stores and merchandise in ways that make customers more likely to buy.