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theguardian.com The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, has been slashed by a political extremist armed with a razor at a function in Seoul where he was to give a lecture. His injuries were not life-threatening.
telegraph.co.uk Australia has offered Indonesia a prison swap deal in an 11th hour bid to save the lives of two Australian drug smugglers who have been transferred to an island prison where they are to be killed by firing squad within days.
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Today's Top News Items
bloomberg It's time to pack your bags for Thailand or Switzerland. That's one way to read the fate of 51 economies (including the euro area) this year, based on Bloomberg calculations of what's known as the ''misery index.'' Inflation and unemployment, two factors that make consumers unhappy, are remarkably low in the top countries.
reuters Lufthansa said it will start long-haul low-cost flights to tourist destinations in places such as Cuba and Thailand under the Eurowings banner from October 25, as it tries to find new ways to grow.
bloomberg The planes, operated by the company's SunExpress joint venture with Turkish Airlines, will initially also serve Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, as well as Varadero in Cuba and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
Phuket World of People
nationmultimedia.com Airports of Thailand (AOT) officers are scrambling to take care of passengers arriving on charter flights at Phuket International Airport. The tourists' buses are now being forced to park at one of the unfinished parking buildings.
bangkokpost.com Three drunk foreign men were assaulted by bouncers at a Pattaya nightclub after arguing with guests and allegedly attacking the Australian owner.
Krabi Update A German tourist jumped on a car driven by 19-year-old Thai who tried to flee after bumping into the rear of the tourist's car. The Thai teenager ended up hitting three more vehicles and seven motorcycles before he was arrested.
afp Close to 700 koalas have been killed off by authorities in southeastern Australia because overpopulation led to the animals starving, a state minister confirmed.
bangkokpost.com British man Adam Morris, 39, who left a wallet stuffed with 55,000 baht and credit cards lying in a Pattaya convenience store was spared disaster when the shop owner returned it.
dangerousminds.net Bank of Canada is pleading with Star Trek fans to stop ''Spocking'' its five dollar bills. Since Leonard Nimoy's death, Canadian folks have been ''Spocking'' the hell out of the five dollar bill that features a portrait of Canada's seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Around the Asean Region
smh.com.au Nice criminals is how both young men turned out after almost a decade living in Kerobokan prison. Their rehabilitation - as genuine as it is remarkable - is the defining feature of their time on death row.
http://www.watoday.com.au/world/bali-nine-pair-chan-and-myuran-the-nice-criminals-facing-the-firing-squad-20150304-13us2m.html
Try Phuketwan's Asean Today daily:
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/asean-today-lost-battleship-nice-crims-await-execution-changi-grow-hugely-21984/
Phuket World of Sport
skysports.com Arsenal won 2-1 at Queens Park Rangers. They remain among that top three and Arsene Wenger is certain to be encouraged by his team's resilience.
independent.co.uk Perhaps, and it is a very flimsy perhaps at this stage, there is a burning of the old Manchester United DNA inside the team that Louis van Gaal is dragging into the fight for a Champions League qualifying place. Newcastle 0-1 Manchester United.
afp Chelsea kept their advantage at the summit intact by winning 1-0 at West Ham United, while second-place Manchester City, who have played a game more than the leaders, beat Leicester City 2-0.
skysports.com Tottenham got their top-four tilt back on track by overcoming Swansea 3-2 on a night when Bafetimbi Gomis's collapse had those inside White Hart Lane fearing the worst.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
March 1-15 Heroines Festival
March 4-8 Bay Regatta
April 11-19 Phuket Bike Week
April 17-19 Songkran Festival
May 4 Additional public holiday scheduled
June 20-21 Baba wedding at Old Phuket Town
July 15-19 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek
