Corruption Scores Just In

Good news: On the hotly competitive Table of Asian Corruption (Jakarta Post), Indonesia has slipped from Asia's #1 Most Corrupt Nation to #2, tied with Thailand. Today's ranking champion: the Philippines. This, according to the Hong Kong (#12)-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy. Indonesia's (actual) "Corruption Eradication Commission" has certainly been busy.

Counting lay-overs, we have already set foot in the three of the "most corrupt" Asian countries this year: 11. Japan, 12. Hong Kong, & 13. Singapore. We hope to collect all 13 by the end of the decade.