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THAILAND: A fire swept through a construction workers camp in Pathum Thani on Saturday afternoon (July 25), forcing some 3,000 workers to flee in panic.

YANGON: A Myanmar passenger plane skidded off the runway on landing during heavy rain at Yangon International Airport, the carrier said on Saturday (July 25), leaving one injured.

THAILAND: The army has issued new security guidelines for southern monks on their morning alms rounds in the wake of a deadly bombing in Pattani on Saturday (July 25).

ISLAMABAD: Torrential rains and floods in Pakistan have left 36 dead and affected more than 250,000 people, disaster management officials said Saturday (July 25), with swollen rivers and water channels damaging hundreds of villages.

The Konjac, or Buk kliang, is a strange shaped plant which is popular in Thailand as it has almost no calories, but is very high in fibre, and therefore is actually often used as a diet food.

PHOTO ALBUM A tour bus laden with Chinese visitors skidded off the bypass road in Phuket City into a ditch, with almost all those on board injured and being ferried to hospitals.

Latest Flights are to resume between Phuket and Hat Yai in Thailand’s south from October 2, with Air India also to begin services from the Andaman and Nicobar islands this year.

Phuket Updating Digest Australia likely to join US trade group; Hunt continues for shark that killed diver; Phuket resort guard has throat slashed by former friend; Myanmar flight skids off runway.

Around the Region A property developer in Singapore is accused of dolphin misuse; British PM David Cameron to visit Indonesia, Malaysia; Fears for future of Andaman and Nicobar islanders.