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PHUKET: After unceremoniously dumping its services from Phuket to Ubon Rachathani and Bali in order to redeploy aircraft on routes between Thailand and China, AirAsia has announced it is to launch a new service from Phuket to Shanghai in February.

Friday 23 November 2012, 11:45AM

Two Phuket baby elephants ‘are illegal’

PHUKET: The Commander of the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NRECS), Pol Col Watcharin Pusit, will return to Phuket next month to follow up on the “illegal elephant” raids that he led in February this year.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 07:35PM

Phuket teacher ‘slapped four-year-old’

PHUKET: The mother of a four-year-old boy attending the Koh Kaew Pre-School Centre lodged a complaint today (November 22) with the Damrongtham Centre, alleging that one of the centre’s teachers slapped her son.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 06:50PM

Brit slash attack couple return to UK

PHUKET: The British couple who were assaulted in Krabi last month have returned to England but are seeking counselling to deal with their horrific ordeal, according to British tabloid The Sun.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 05:22PM

Phuket’s sunset cape cleaned up

PHUKET: With Phuket’s high-season almost here officially, various organisations are making parts of the island spick and span.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 07:03PM

Snorkelling tourist dies in Phuket

PHUKET: One tourist died and another almost did while snorkelling in the sea around Koh Racha yesterday (November 20).

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 06:45PM

Barack and Yingluck: The new global power couple?

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Wednesday 21 November 2012, 05:29PM

THAILAND: Were we the only ones that noticed the chemistry between Barack and Yingluck Sunday night at their joint press conference at Government House?

Australia sends boatpeople to Papua New Guinea

ASIA: Australia Wednesday said it had begun sending boatpeople to Papua New Guinea as it admitted that its offshore refugee processing system was straining to cope with the number of recent arrivals.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 04:31PM

Calbee recalls 5 million bags of crisps in Japan

ASIA: Snack food maker Calbee Inc. said Wednesday it was recalling 5.3 million bags of potato crisps in Japan after fragments of glass were found.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 04:30PM

China agrees to buy from Thai rice mountain

THAILAND: China pledged Wednesday to buy rice from Thailand's growing mountain of unsold stocks, during a visit by Premier Wen Jiabao, officials said.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 04:30PM

Russian dies in Kalim car crash

PHUKET: Andrei Pavlov, 31, from Russia, died in a car crash early Saturday morning (November 17) on the road from Kalim to Kamala.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 04:21PM

Dengue vaccine to be tested in India: reports

ASIA: French health care giant Sanofi Pasteur will soon test a vaccine against dengue fever in India amid concerns about the increasingly global spread of the disease, reports said Monday.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 12:23PM

Middle East turmoil rocks Obama's Asia trip

ASIA: For President Barack Obama, an Asia trip jolted by turmoil in the Middle East was a preview of the clear foreign policy legacy he seeks and the messier one he may end up with.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 12:23PM

Obama defies China over sea rows

ASIA: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday defied Chinese protests and raised concerns at a summit about territorial disputes that have sent diplomatic and trade shockwaves across the region.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 12:22PM

Rescued Phuket dolphin returned to sea

PHUKET: The baby dolphin that was rescued after washing up on Karon Beach last Saturday (November 17) has been released back into the sea.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 11:55AM

Irish woman died days after drinking strong local wine in Bali, inquest told

ASIA: A 21-year-old Irish woman who became seriously ill and died in Bali last year had two days previously drank a locally brewed alcoholic drink that has made several other tourists very sick.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 11:13AM

Paresa Phuket go for new experience

PHUKET: Emma Davison has been appointed Guest Experience Manager at the Paresa Resort in Kamala.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 10:51AM

New GM for Phuket's Cape Panwa Hotel

PHUKET: Kasemkij Hotels have officially confirmed the appointment of Philipp Sebastian Flickhinger as General Manager of the Cape Panwa Hotel.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 10:47AM

Rice farming ‘needs radical makeover’

THAILAND: The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has urged small rice farmers to band together to form what it calls “agricommunity enterprises” – small companies owned by farmers.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 10:43AM

Pattaya overtakes Phuket property in online searches