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Asean Today: People Smuggler Extradited; MH370 Soft Landing Theory; Upheaval in Burma

Latest Asia’s longest bicycle lane coming; Indonesia sends people smuggler to Australia; Senator flees Hun Sen wrath; Laos crackdown on drugs; Same sex wedding by US justice.

Korean drowns in heavy Phuket surf

PHUKET: A Korean tourist died after being recovered from heavy surf at Karon beach, on Phuket’s southwwest coast, this afternoon (August 13).

Singaporean dies after Phuket island day trip, Korean tourist still missing

PHUKET: The search continues for a Korean tourist who last seen being swept to sea by large waves at a Phuket beach yesterday (August 12), just one day after a Singaporean tourist died after swimming on an island day trip off Phuket.

Japan man flushes love rivals penis down toilet: reports

JAPAN: Japanese police have arrested a man accused of bursting into a lawyers office and cutting off his penis with garden shears before flushing the organ down a toilet.

PHUKET NEWS TV: Phuket Xtra - August 13

PHUKET XTRA - August 13 Phukets celebrates Her Majestys 83rd Birthday, the new floating market in Kathu, tourist numbers soaring, local road toll numbers and amazing min-tornado footage. #PhuketNewsTV #PhuketTV

Two Pattalung natives arrested in Phuket with ya ice

PHUKET: Police arrested two men from Pattalung on Sunday (August 9) and Monday (August 10) after they were found to be in possession of a total of 157.12 grams of crystal meth (ya ice) and 200 methamphetamine pills (ya bah).

Phuket’s Por Tor ‘Hungry Ghost’ Festival is on its way

PHUKET: The annual Por Tor Festival, known throughout the Southeast Asia as the “Hungry Ghost Festival”, will return to Phuket from August 26 to September 12.

Madras Cafe Superkings and Patong triumph in latest T20s

CRICKET: Match 7 of the Outrigger Resorts T20 cricket league saw the Madras Cafe Superkings triumph over the Laguna Cricket Club by 18 runs at the Alan Cooke Ground in Thalang on Sunday (August 9).

Jet-Ski Under Tow, Motorcycle Crash in Patong's Beach Road: Man Hurt

Latest A man was injured when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle towing a jet-ski in Patong’s beach road. Police were trying to figure precisely how it happened.

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