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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake rattles Taiwan

CCTV footage shows the tremor creating ripples on the surface of Liyu Lake in Hualien County on August 16.

Two Canadian tourists injured when boats collide on river in Bangkok

CCTV footage shows the wooden vessel Wan-Ngarm Nawa 8 ramming into the Chao Phraya Express 194 in Bangkok at 12:13 pm local time.

Taiwan earthquake shakes offices in the northeast of the country

The country's central weather administration said the quake struck off northeastern county of Yilan at a depth around 9km. There were no immediate reports of damage.

Police arrest disabled man who 'raped girl, 12, then smashed her skull' in the Philippines

The suspect, identified in reports only as 'Gerry', 21, reportedly attacked schoolgirl April Mae Nicolas, 12, while she out buying laundry detergent in Santiago town, Isabela province, on August 10 morning.

Massage therapist escapes from 'rapist' and takes refuge with neighbours

The woman, named in reports as 'Miss A', 45, claimed she was taking a stroll along Jomtien Beach in Chonburi province when motorcycle driver Aphisit Chuensakul, 36, approached and struck up a conversation, early morning on August 6.

Smoker steals bong from cannabis shop in Thailand

The scooter rider wearing a helmet pulled up to a cannabis dispensary along Jomtien Beach in Chonburi province pretending to be a customer on August 6 evening.

Heavy rain in Vietnam floods Hanoi's Old Quarter causing disruption

Streets were submerged, making transportation difficult and forcing many shops to close. Some parts of the busy tourist street had water more than 20cm deep.

Manchild furious over his haircut attacks salon hairdresser in Thailand

The disgruntled visitor, estimated to be around 25, had entered the barber shop with his parents in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya on August 7.

German tourist survives fall from third floor balcony at hotel in Thailand

Manuel Marc Norbert, 21, reportedly fell from the third-storey balcony, then fell through an awning of a high-end hotel along Pattaya Sai Song Road early morning on August 14.

Police raid bar selling laughing gas to tourists on Death Island

Cops led by Police Colonel Sarut Khaewsopa, Commander of the Anti-Human Trafficking Division, swept into the purple neon-lit shop on Koh Tao island in Surat Thani province, and discovered several foreigners inhaling nitrous oxide, also known hippy crack, from balloons, on August 14.

Missing schoolgirl, 15, found dead in sugarcane field as police suspect stepfather of murder

Pearl Joy Galve, 15, went to class at the Sum-ag National High School, but never returned to her home in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental province, on July 29 afternoon.

Four injured when Kuwaiti tourist crashes into their motorcycle

The Kuwaiti tourist, identified only as Abdalaziz, 19, reportedly drove on the wrong lane and smashed into a two-wheeler carrying four Thai people in Pattaya on August 6.

Israeli woman 'selling drugs on Thai island' breaks down as police arrest her

Libby Rosenfeld Cohen, 27, allegedly sold ecstasy - punishable by life in prison - on Koh Phangan island in Surat Thani province before cops detained her in a sting operation on August 7. Undercover officers arranged to meet with her in front of a house with no number. She arrived on a Yamaha Aerox motorcycle but upon spotting the police, reportedly tried to walk away surreptitiously.

Heavy rain floods homes and markets in northern Thailand

Footage shows brown floodwaters swamping vendor's stalls at the Sailom Joy Market in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province on August 14.

New Zealand university professor, 62, dies while snorkeling in Indonesia

Dr James Hou Fu Liu, 62, rode the Cahaya Lusia vessel with other holidaymakers to go to Pink Beach in the coastal fishing town of Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara province on August 11.

Tourist, 19, posing for video hanging from train door hits head on metal post

Footage shows Fadi Rose, 19, swinging from the steps of the moving carriage - only for her head to slam into a post along the railway in Phatthalung province, Thailand, on August 5 afternoon.

Airport worker, 22, crushed to death by lift in front of horrified passengers in Bangkok

Mechanic Wisatrat Tangsoh, 22, was working at the bottom of the shaft when the two-tonne glass cabin descended onto him yesterday afternoon.

Divers conduct initial siphoning test on sunken tanker in the Philippines

Video taken on August 13 shows personnel attaching tubes to the vessel's cargo tank, then pumping water inside to push the oil upward.

Villagers rescue dugong stuck on beach in southern Thailand

Footage shows locals dragging the flailing sea cow from the shallows back into deeper waters off Koh Yao Yai island in the province of Phang Nga, southern Thailand, during the low tide on August 9.

Terrorists throw pipe bomb at police in southern Thailand

CCTV footage shows several insurgents hurling the improvised explosives at a pickup truck, shortly before the blast at the Batu checkpoint in Narathiwat province on August 11 evening.
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