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Thai aunt denies pimping girl in South Korea

BANGKOK: The aunt accused of luring her teenage niece into prostitution in South Korea has turned herself in, police investigating the case said yesterday.

Bomb kills five rangers in Thailand's restive south

BANGKOK: Five paramilitary rangers were killed and one other wounded in an ambush when suspected rebels detonated a bomb buried in a road in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, local police said Friday.

The Big List: Ghost Towns

THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world.

Brewery to make beard out of their brewmaster's beard

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 5 October 2012, 02:54PM

An American brewery is testing out samples of a new beer using bits of their brewmaster’s beard.

Child births bring lottery winnings for Norwegian family

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 5 October 2012, 02:51PM

For some reason, every time 29-year-old Norwegian mother Hege Jeanette has a child, her family wins the lottery.

Biofuel made from whiskey waste

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 5 October 2012, 02:47PM

The gas in your car, or motorbike, may one day be made from waste collected from a whiskey distillery.

Municipality gives help to Phuket elderly

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 October 2012, 01:10PM

PHUKET: Worawut Songyot, the Mayor of Srisoontorn, and hospital staff and volunteers visited 17 sick and elderly patients in the district yesterday (October 4), handing out valuable supplies to them and providing support.

Models hold catwalk show on AirAsia flight to Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 October 2012, 11:32AM

PHUKET: A model catwalk show was held 35,000 feet above ground on an AirAsia flight from Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport to Phuket earlier this week.

Hong Kong mourns victims of boat tragedy

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 5 October 2012, 11:27AM

ASIA: Flags flew at half mast and leaders observed three minutes of silence Thursday as Hong Kong mourned the 38 victims of a ferry collision that sent shockwaves through the Asian financial centre.

Learning Thai language in Phuket

Phuket News / Features

Friday 5 October 2012, 10:51AM

PHUKET: Three foreigners speak to Claire Connell about how they successfully became fluent in Thai language.

Phuket official attacked over ‘seduction’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 October 2012, 10:22AM

PHUKET: A man claiming that the town clerk, or palad, of Chalong Municipality had had an affair with his niece was arrested on Wednesday (October 3) after dousing the palad with bathroom cleaning fluid and beating him about the head.

‘Deet killed Canadian sisters’ – police

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 October 2012, 09:27AM

PHUKET: Krabi Police have confirmed that two Canadian sisters who died on Phi Phi were poisoned by the insecticide Deet, and have denied news reports that the case has been closed.

Stuck truck causes Phuket traffic mayhem

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 October 2012, 08:57AM

PHUKET: An 18-wheel truck from Bangkok caused traffic mayhem between Kathu and Patong this morning when it failed to get up the slippery slope on the second bend up the hill from Kathu, after heavy rain in the area.

Phuket loris touts arrested

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 5 October 2012, 12:01AM

PHUKET: A man and four women were arrested on Bangla Rd, Patong, this evening (October 4) for illegally using endangered lorises to solicit money from tourists.

Rayong officials search for missing crocodiles

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 4 October 2012, 02:38PM

THAILAND: Officials in eastern Thai province Rayong are searching for several missing crocodiles which escaped from a flood-hit farm.

Phuket hotel flash mob dance a hit

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 4 October 2012, 01:02PM

PHUKET: Staff and professional dancers performed a flash mob dance at the Mövenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach Phuket on September 28.

B20m plan to repair collapsed Phuket hill road

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 4 October 2012, 09:11AM

PHUKET: Samak Luedwonghad, Director of the Provincial Highways Department has applied to the Transport Department for B20 million for permanent repairs to the Patong Hill road, a section of which, near the top, collapses every time there is heavy rain.

Newspaper executive commits suicide in Bangkok

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 4 October 2012, 09:05AM

THAILAND: An executive at Thailand’s second largest newspaper Daily News reportedly killed himself in the company’s office on Vibhavadi Rangsit road yesterday, the Bangkok Post reported.

Obama, Romney spar on taxes at start of debate

Phuket News / World

Thursday 4 October 2012, 08:54AM

WORLD: Lobbing one of the first contentious attacks of Wednesday's presidential debate, Republican Mitt Romney accused incumbent Barack Obama of spreading falsehoods about his plan to reduce taxes.

Thailand to sell generic Viagra drug: officials

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 4 October 2012, 08:52AM

THAILAND: Thailand has approved an affordable generic version of the anti-impotence drug Viagra to go on sale next week as the country looks to combat rampant counterfeit production, officials said Wednesday (September 26).

Southeast Asian nations tackle maritime security issues

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 4 October 2012, 08:49AM

ASIA: Senior Southeast Asian foreign ministry officials met in the Philippines on Wednesday to try to improve maritime cooperation amid sea disputes that threaten regional stability.

Bhutan aims to be first 100pc organic nation

Phuket News / Asia

Thursday 4 October 2012, 08:48AM

ASIA: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, famed for seeking "happiness" for its citizens, is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic.

Monk protest in Bangkok against Bangladesh unrest

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 4 October 2012, 08:48AM

THAILAND: About 300 Buddhist monks demonstrated in Bangkok on Wednesday against recent attacks by Muslim mobs targeting temples and houses in Bangladesh.

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