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Four bodies in three days: Police under scrutiny after mysterious deaths on South Korea’s Jeju island

At least four people reported missing on Korean island found dead

The Independent UK · Aug 26

Jeju Island Travel Update: Can Tourists Still Visit ? Flights, Safety and Entry Rules Explained

Jeju Island remains open to tourists despite recent safety concerns following the discovery of four bodies and a police scandal. Flights and tourism services continue to operate without official restrictions.

International Business Times UK · Aug 26

'Safety Alert' Raised on Jeju Island After 4 Bodies Found in 3 Days as 4 Officers Put on Leave

Jeju Island faces safety concerns after four bodies were found in three days. A viral alert warns visitors, though no official government warning exists. Police investigations are ongoing.

International Business Times UK · Aug 26

‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’

In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert

The Guardian - AU · Aug 25

Muslims gather for rain prayers in Indonesia's wildfire-hit South Sumatra

Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province have held a mass Islamic prayer for rain as forest and peatland fires fueled choking haze across parts of the country

The Independent UK · Aug 25

Not just Leh, Ladakh could get two new airports soon; Thoise may start flights by December and Kargil later

Ladakh is working to expand commercial air connectivity beyond Leh, with Thoise targeting flights by December and Kargil being assessed for civilian operations later. The plans could make remote destinations such as Nubra, Turtuk, Drass and Kargil easier to reach while supporting tourism and local economic activity.

The Economic Times · Aug 24

Police armed attack drill sends temple monks fleeing

NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Monks and novices fled from a temple in terror and hundreds of children were hurriedly evacuated from a kindergarten as police staged an unannounced emergency response drill simulating an armed intruder on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Aug 24

Far South violence continues, but reduced

Dissidents struck again in the southern border province of Pattani late Sunday night, bombing and burning a municipal office, in the wake of a storm of violence in the far South on Saturday night.

Bangkok Post · Aug 24

In 1953, a Hong Kong imam brought eight date palms from Mecca; one survived and later officials changed a road route rather than cut it down

In 1953, an imam named Ai Pok-tak returned to Hong Kong from a pilgrimage to Mecca carrying eight date-palm saplings, hoping to grow a piece of his faith in a city where the tree was rarely seen. Only one survived. Planted outside the family's home near Hong Kong's border with…

The Times of India · Aug 24

Indonesia arrests 72 over forest fires as choking haze spreads to Malaysia

Indonesian authorities have arrested 72 people suspected of deliberately starting forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country sent thick, choking haze across Indonesia and into neighbouring Malaysia.

The Times of India · Aug 23