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PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Underpass almost done? Gates of hell! BBC Phuket || August 23

JAPAN: A giant tortoise that made a break from a Japanese zoo has been found safe and sound two weeks after it escaped, only 140 metres away from the park.

Giant tortoise found two weeks after escape from Japan zoo

A 60-year-old Singaporean could be jailed for up to two years if found guilty of sticking toothpicks into a bus seat in a suspected case of "mischief", Singapore police said on Tuesday (August 8). Si...

Singaporean probed for toothpicks in bus seat

THE HAGUE: European police forces are sending a series of cheeky 'wish you were here' postcards this summer in a bid to track down 21 of the continent's most wanted criminals.

Police send postcards with an edge to Europe's most wanted

It may be raining cats and dogs in Myanmar, but in Yangon two coffee shops are offering animal-lovers a chance to escape the monsoon as the global pet-cafe craze sweeps into the rapidly changing city.

Pet cafe trend cat-ching on in Yangon

Officials fired up over ‘anti-pervert’ flamethrowers

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 23 July 2017, 11:00AM

CHINA: Flamethrowers small enough to fit in your pocket are being marketed to women as an “anti-pervert weapon” online despite police calling the devices dangerous and being technically illegal to ship, reports the Global Times.

Weird World: ATM spits out pleas for help

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 16 July 2017, 12:00PM

When an ATM at a bank in the US state of Texas started spitting out handwritten notes calling for help, rather than tens and twenties, bemused police thought they must be the victim of a prank.

Chinese woman avoids jail after tossing coins at plane 'for luck'

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 28 June 2017, 03:45PM

CHINA: An 80-year-old woman who threw coins at the engine of a plane at Shanghai airport for ‘good luck’ yesterday (June 27) will not face charges, Chinese state media said today (June 28).

Dog poop for dessert: Turd-shaped treats a hit in Thailand

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 26 June 2017, 10:30AM

BANGKOK: It might turn some stomachs, but a dessert-maker in Thailand has been flooded with orders ever since she started crafting gelatinous sweets into the shape of dog poop.

Photos of Thai woman’s unusual ID tattoo go viral on social media

Phuket News / Weird World

Wednesday 14 June 2017, 04:26PM

A tattoo artist from the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum has achieved internet fame after photos of his latest, and perhaps most unusual, work went viral on Thai social media after he posted them on Facebook last Friday (June 9).

Man challenges PM Prayut, army, police chiefs to gunfight

Phuket News / Weird World

Saturday 22 April 2017, 02:44PM

HUA HIN: Police are looking into whether to take legal action against a man who challenged the national police chief, the army chief and the prime minister to a gunfight in a video clip that went viral on social media.

Villagers flock to fetch ‘sacred water’ on mountain

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 20 April 2017, 12:56PM

NARATHIWAT: People are flocking to Ai Kasae village in Si Sakhon district to fetch black water from a small pool on a nearby mountain, believing it is sacred and has properties that can cure all disease.

Rats dine at unhealthy parliament canteen

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 31 March 2017, 02:55PM

BANGKOK: Health officials confirmed the poor standard of hygiene at the parliament when they inspected the place today (Mar 31), after a picture of a rat daringly eating ready-to-serve food in the canteen was shared among officials there.

Mexico launches 'Corruptour'

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 12 February 2017, 11:00AM

MEXICO: Packed with sightseers eagerly snapping pictures on their cameras and cell phones, this looks like any other tour bus in the world – or almost.

Late night skinny dip in Phuket leaves Russian tourist confused.

Phuket News / Weird World

Saturday 26 November 2016, 12:37PM

PHUKET: A Russian tourist enlisted the help of the police at Kamala Beach after he believed his clothes and belongings had been stolen while he was swimming.

‘C U in the NT’ Australian tourism slogan causes social media stir

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 8 November 2016, 12:40PM

AUSTRALIA: An unconventional strategy is paying off for the mystery creatives behind the “C U in the NT” logo for a tourism campaign to promote tourism to the Northern Territory (NT) in Australia.

Fart blamed for fire during surgery; patient seriously burned

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 1 November 2016, 09:45AM

TOKYO: A patient’s fart during surgery apparently sparked a fire that caused serious burns to her body, a university hospital in Tokyo noted in its reports.

Urine trouble: Japan train driver pees on track

Phuket News / Weird World

Saturday 17 September 2016, 02:08PM

JAPAN: Japanese train operator JR East has apologised after a driver urinated over the railway track while on duty because he did not want to delay services by using the toilet, media reported on today (Sept 17).

Panic at New York airport as Usain Bolt makes history, cheers mistaken for shots fired

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 16 August 2016, 10:02AM

UNITED STATES: New York’s JFK airport was evacuated after bystanders mistook fans celebrating Usain Bolt’s 100m victory for gunfire.

Pick, point, poke and perv sexy Thai coffee menu picture goes viral

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 2 August 2016, 05:21PM

ONLINE: A picture posted on a Thai Facebook group yesterday (July 1) showing what appears to be Thai female servers wearing a menu on their shirt for customers to point at or poke their selection, has gone viral.

Skydiver leaps from plane – with no parachute

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 1 August 2016, 11:12AM

UNITED STATES: American Luke Aikins leapt into the void at 25,000 feet on Saturday (July 30) with no parachute or wingsuit, becoming the first skydiver to land safely on the ground in a net.

NZ police seize record NZ$14mn of cocaine in horse head

Phuket News / Weird World

Sunday 3 July 2016, 04:20PM

NEW ZEALAND: Police said Sunday (July 3) that they have seized a record NZ$14 million (B350.9 million) of cocaine hidden inside a large diamante-encrusted horse head from Mexico.

VIRAL VIDEO: Narcissistic girls slammed by netizens after video clip of restaurant eviction goes viral

Phuket News / Weird World

Monday 23 May 2016, 02:08PM

WEIRD NEWS ONLINE THAILAND: Thousands of Facebook users joined to criticize narcissistic young Thai women featured in a video clip that went viral over the weekend, which features a spat between the girls and a restaurant owner who evicted them after one of their kids pooped and puked in the restaurant while the women, seemingly uninterested in the child, continued to eat and smile into their smartphone’s camera.

Indonesian villagers mistake sex toy for angel

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 3 May 2016, 04:21PM

JAKARTA: Indonesian villagers thought they had been blessed by an angel fallen from heaven when a beautiful doll washed up on a beach – only to discover it was an inflatable sex toy.

Video: Wakeboarding hits the streets in Russia

Phuket News / Weird World

Saturday 30 April 2016, 11:05AM

RUSSIA: Each year when the annual monsoon rains arrive in May, people across Phuket cry foul as floodwaters inundate roads, soaking traffic to a standstill and runoff mud causes havoc for small vehicles.

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