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How to spend 48 hours in Singapore: award-winning street food and rainforest walks

The Garden City is having a moment. Here’s how to explore the standout sights, restaurants and bars in style

Evening Standard

Bomb squads destroy more devices in Phuket and Krabi

Police bomb squads destroyed suspected explosive devices in Phuket and Krabi on Thursday following the arrest of two suspects linked to a suspicious object found at Phuket Airport on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

David Ellis reviews Belly: A wobbly start, but there's time to shape up

Omar Shah is the king of Kentish Town. His latest restaurant needs a little more thought, says David Ellis

Evening Standard

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Kim Jong Un opens new beach resort in North Korea in 'proud first step' towards tourism drive

The Wonsan-Kalma resort in North Korea has hotels and other accommodation for nearly 20,000 guests

Evening Standard

Pools And Slides As North Korea Set To Open 'World Class' Tourist Resort

North Korea has completed construction on a massive tourist resort boasting colourful water slides and swimming pools, state media said on Thursday, a pet project of leader Kim Jong Un. Kim was an enthusiastic visitor this week to the sprawling site on the isolated country's east coast, which is set…

International Business Times

Kim Jong-un hails new North Korean beach resort as one of country’s ‘greatest feats’ this year

North Korean leader was accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju-ae, widely presumed to be his heir, at opening of Wonsan Kalma tourist zone

The Guardian - AU

Cambodians At Quiet Thai Border Plead For Peace

At the usually bustling border crossing of Poipet between Thailand and Cambodia, tuk-tuk driver San Noeun now has to work overnight to make ends meet.

International Business Times

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Disturbing Claims Emerge About Volcano Tours After Abandoned Tourist’s Passing Sparks Outrage

Juliana Marins' passing on Mt Rinjani has sparked outrage, with claims of hidden dangers, poor rescue systems, and tourists misled about the trek's risks.

Bored Panda

Outrage Grows As Tourist’s Final Post Goes Viral Days After She Was Abandoned In Active Volcano

"I was really hoping for a miracle."

Bored Panda

Brazilian tourist found dead after falling from an Indonesian volcano

Brazil's government says that a young Brazilian hiker who had plunged hundreds of meters from the ridge of a towering Indonesian volcano and was trapped there for almost four days has been found dead

The Independent UK

Border Confusion As Thailand Shuts Land Crossings With Cambodia

Dozens of tourists and workers, some carrying children, were left stranded on Tuesday at Thailand's main land crossing with Cambodia, after the army stopped almost all border traffic in an escalating territorial dispute.

International Business Times

Thailand’s army closes Cambodia border crossings as territorial tensions escalate

All vehicles and travellers will be prohibited from crossing border into Cambodia as relations deteriorate after shooting of Cambodian soldier

The Guardian - UK

Brazilian tourist has been trapped 1,600ft down an active volcano for three days after ‘guide abandoned her’

Juliana Marins’ condition remains unknown more than three days later

The Independent UK

Thailand announces measures to crack down on Cambodia-based cybercrime as border tensions soar

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has announced heightened measures to crack down on cybercrime that target neighboring Cambodia

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International Business Times

Malaysia's Dayaks Mark Rice Harvest End With Colourful Parade

Dressed in colourful costumes, some sporting feathered headgear and traditional swords, several thousand of Malaysia's ethnic Dayak people paraded in the streets of Sarawak state on Borneo island Saturday to celebrate the ending of the rice harvest season.

Marie Claire

If You’re Into ‘Barely-There’ Fragrances, Rice Perfumes Might Be Your New Obsession

Cosy, clean and fluffy.

The Guardian - AU

Thai PM apologises over leaked call with Hun Sen as crisis threatens to topple government

In phone call, Paetongtarn Shinawatra discusses border dispute with former Cambodian leader and calls him ‘uncle’

International Business Times

Thailand's 'Yellow Shirts' Return To Streets Demand PM Quit

Hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered outside Thailand's Government House on Thursday, demanding Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign over a leaked phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen that triggered public outrage.

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The Independent UK

South Korea's last circus, Dongchoon, holds up as it marks centennial

The century-old Dongchoon Circus Troupe is the last circus in South Korea

The Guardian - AU

Cambodia bans fruit imports and soap operas from Thailand as border dispute sours

The border dispute has led to a surge in nationalist sentiment and tit-for-tat actions by both governments

Al Jazeera

Dozens of Bali flights cancelled after Indonesia volcano erupts

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, located on the island of Flores, discharged an 11km high column of ash on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Why Thailand and Cambodia are fighting and how the crisis threatens a political dynasty

Southeast Asian neighbours exchange fire along border as conflict escalates

International Business Times

Dozens Of Bali Flights Cancelled After Indonesia Volcano Erupts

Dozens of flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali were cancelled on Wednesday, authorities said, after a volcano in the archipelago's east erupted, shooting an ash tower 10 kilometres (six miles) into the sky.

The Independent UK

Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations and flight cancelations

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancelations, including to and from the resort island of Bali

International Business Times

Bali Flights Cancelled After Indonesia Volcano Eruption

Dozens of flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali were cancelled on Wednesday, according to authorities and the island's airport, after a volcano in the archipelago's east erupted, shooting an ash tower 10 kilometres into the sky.

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