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Sniffer dogs join search for French boy, 14, missing on mountain in Bali

Rescue teams on September 4 deployed K9 units to find Thibault Stein, 14, who fell off a trail on Mount Batukaru and has been missing for 10 days.

US veteran left covered in blood in attack by Thai native

Radford Lee Mays, 82, was out on his nightly jog around a public park when an allegedly drunk Thai man reportedly assaulted him unprovoked in Pattaya, Thailand, on September 4 evening.

Toxic neon pink millipedes emerge during rainy season in Thailand

The aptly named 'shocking pink dragon millipedes' appeared in the lush forests of the Hup Pa Tat valley at the Tham Prathun Non-hunting Area in Uthai Thani province.

Sun bears tuck into fruit-flavoured jellies at Thai zoo

Pluem, a 13-year-old male, and Butsaba, a 20-year-old female, tucked into the refreshing desserts at the Khon Kaen Zoo in Khon Kaen province on August 22.

Police raid suspected boiler room gang in northern Thailand

Officers from the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission converged on a house believed to be the base of call centre scammers in Chiang Rai province on September 3.

British husband, 51, and Thai wife, 25, questioned by police over 'shopping mall rage attack on Chinese mother and daughter duo'

John, 51, and his Thai wife Pookie, 25, claimed local cops were biased against them while investigating an alleged assault in a mall in Phuket, Thailand.

Keystone cops chase alleged thief who escaped from police station

Jirasak Ngangjui, 41, was arrested for suspected robbery but managed to slip away from inattentive officers at the Chaiya Police Station in Surat Thani province on September 1 afternoon.

Grandfather ripped in half by crocodile while bathing in river in Indonesia

M Yunus, 68, told his wife Dimyam, 64, he would go for a wash in the Peureulak River behind their home in East Aceh Regency, Aceh province, on August 29 morning.

Escaped pet macaque viciously attacks owner

The eight-year-old monkey named Thongpoon had broken free from its leash while travelling with owner Khanitha Chainarong to collect coconuts at an orchard in Phang Nga province, Thailand, on September 1.

Police continue search for French teenager who went missing on mountain in Bali

Thibault Stein, 14, was trekking with his mother and two brothers when he tumbled down the side of the steep trail on Mount Batukaru in the Tabanan Regency of Bali on August 25.

Locals attack Russian tourist who is suspected to have robbed car in Bali

Mikhail Kabulov reportedly barged into a vehicle and held its driver at knifepoint along the Bedulu Highway in the Blahbatuh District of the popular holiday island on September 2.

'Chinese spy' mayor wanted in the Philippines arrested in Indonesia

Disgraced politician Alice Guo, 34, reportedly fled the Philippines in July amid investigations into her alleged links to online Chinese casinos in her rural town of Bamban in Tarlac province.

Police find 'trafficked underage girls' in Bible school in Philippine sex cult compound

Officials said they discovered youngsters staying in rooms surrounding that of controversial preacher Apollo Quiboloy's bedroom at the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) estate in Davao del Sur province on September 2.

Thai moonshine makers arrested again for alcohol poisoning deaths

Siblings Surasak and Surachai Insaam, 46 and 44, were detained at a house in a forested area of Ayutthaya province on August 29.

Century-old tree topples over and crushes devotee at Thai temple

Sunantha Prompao, 22, was parking her red Honda Scoopy motorcycle at the carpark when the massive mango tree was uprooted and crashed on top of her at the Wat Bunyuen Temple in Phayao province, Thailand, on August 29.

Thai photographer arrested for possession of child porn

Kraisorn, 28, reportedly uploaded a huge number of obscene files featuring children and minors to a popular cloud storage site. Authorities traced the user's e-mail account to an individual residing in Thailand.

Rescue teams search for 30 missing Burmese whose boat capsized on river

More than 40 passengers were riding the boat when its engine reportedly failed amid strong currents in the Ruak and Mekong rivers in Bokeao province on September 2.

British tourist survives after falling off motorcycle on Patong road

Kevin Kelly, 62, was driving the two-wheeler along a downhill road when he lost control and crashed into a guardrail on Patong Mountain in Phuket on September 2.

Brit, 42, arrested for running 'illegal beauty clinic that caused severe allergies and facial paralysis'

Thomas Foley, 42, reportedly offered Botox and filler injections at a rented house on Koh Pha Ngan island in Surat Thani province.

British fugitive who lived in luxury on Thai island finally caught

Ben Stephen Ransome, 28, had been living in luxury on holiday island Phuket until his arrest at a restaurant in the Rawai district on September 2.
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