Phuket Updating Digest Machine gun fired, attacker overpowered on train; Trail of the Bangkok bombers; North Korea steps up warnings; Asteroid ending just a rumor.
Around the Region Few clues aid detectives as the reward for the Bangkok bomber grows; Malaysia, Indonesia have bad currency, market days; Burma’s bitter laws grow worse; Typhoon kills four.
PHUKET: The Department of Highways today confirmed its plans to upgrade side roads to be used as alternative routes while construction of the Chalong Underpass is underway next month.
PHUKET XTRA - August 21 The latest out of Bangkok, a new bike path for Bang Wad dam, a reshuffle at the top and the new Baan Rim Pa in Kalim. Thanks to AKA Thailand. #PhuketNewsTV #PhuketTV
PHUKET: Police staged a public-awareness exercise through social media today (August 21) to explain what to be on the lookout for when conducting bomb-security searches and called on the public to report any suspicious items by calling 191.
UK: Once upon a time before the Internet, pornography fans collected magazines. Now a London firm is helping people whose dead relatives leave collections behind to get rid of them – discreetly, of course.
INDONESIA: Fakhruddin Kasem hoped for a prosperous new life when Indonesia struck a deal to end a separatist conflict in Aceh, but a decade on the unemployed former rebel is so desperate he hopes to join the Islamic State group to make ends meet.
PHUKET: Police are investigating the cause of a fire the broke out among tangled street-side power cables opposite Phuket Boat Lagoon, causing a minor blackout in the area earlier today (August 21).
PHUKET: A Thanyapura elite triathlete stormed to success at the Queen’s Cup Toyota Hua Hin International Triathlon 2015 last weekend.