Phuket Golf Road Show

Are you planning a Phuket golf holiday and do you live in one of the following countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Korea, Hong Kong, UK, Sweden, Russia or India? If so, read on!

The tour tees off this week in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France for the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) and post-ITB meetings. Next week the Phuket show will be in Malaysia for the Malaysian Association of Tourism and Travel Agents (MATTA) show. From there it will move to Singapore for the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS) show March 23 to 25, and then the United Arab Emirates for the Arabian Travel Mart (ATM) May 1 to 4. From June 11 to 13 they willSouth Korea outlines strategy to destroy North’s defences

Army claims it is developing missile capable of destroying North Korea’s command centre

Fighters on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier participating in a drill with South Korean warships in the East Sea on Thursday. Photograph: EPA/Yonhap

The South Korean army has said it is developing a missile powerful enough to destroy North Korea’s underground military facilities and command centre, and is confident it can obliterate the North’s frontline artillery systems in the event of a war on the peninsula.

The army made its claims during a regular audit at the country’s national assembly in Seoul, the Yonhap news agency reported, and it comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula as the North continues its nuclear