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Berserker Australians get rough Phuket justice

PHUKET: Two out-of-control Australians received rough justice early yesterday morning (May 23), after they attacked an American in a bar on Bangla Rd and started a brawl.

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Phuket Opinion: Kept in the dark

PHUKET: If Tuesday night’s black out – the biggest outage ever recorded in Thailand – taught us anything, it is to always be careful in Thailand. That you’re on your own and that nothing is probably as it seems.

Improvement of polluted Phuket canal ‘underway’

PHUKET: Much of the polluted Klong Bangtao has been dredged in order to improve flow and reduce bottlenecks that cause stagnation, a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall was told this morning (May 23).

Taxis, taxis, taxis – a week of fever in Phuket

PHUKET: Thirty meter taxis from the Phuket Limousine & Business Services cooperative (PBC) convened a mob at Phuket International Airport yesterday evening (May 22), blocking one of the two roads into the airport.

More wet weather on the way

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 05:34PM

PHUKET: Somsri Hantrakul, the director general of the Thailand Weather Department, has issued a warning that monsoon conditions will bring heavy rain and winds across Thailand, including the Andaman Coast region, from tomorrow until next Monday (September 13-17).

At least 240 killed in Karachi garment factory fire: police

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 05:26PM

ASIA: At least 240 people died at a garment factory in Karachi, in the worst inferno in decades to hit Pakistan's Arabian Sea port and biggest city, just hours after 21 died at a shoe factory in Lahore, close to the Indian border.

US envoy and 3 consul officials killed in Benghazi: Libya

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 05:23PM

The American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three officials were killed when a mob attacked the US consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the interior ministry said Wednesday.

Man caught smuggling Bangkok-bought loris in his pants

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 03:55PM

THAILAND: A man travelling from Bangkok to Dubai was arrested for animal smuggling during a layover in India recently when a customs officer noticed a monkey in his trousers.

Hospitalised French tourist dies

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 03:16PM

PHUKET: French tourist Jerome Heras, 35, died early today in Vachira Phuket Hospital from injuries sustained in a high-speed motorbike smash in the early hours of Monday (September 10).

Thailand embraces 'Gangnam Style'

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 12:16PM

THAILAND: The global phenomenon that is ‘Gangnam Style’, an infectious K-pop song written and produced by South Korean rapper Psy, has inspired a huge number of homages.

Quiksilver surf comp starts today in Patong

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 11:56AM

PHUKET: The Quiksilver Open Phuket Thailand 2012 surfing competition kicked off this morning at Patong Beach, and will run until Saturday.

Gov Tri to retire at month's end

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 10:42AM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha retires at the end of September after two years in the job. His successor has yet to be named, though political observers will be watching carefully for clues as to which force in politics is behind the new man – or woman.

Bounty hunter killed over copyright dispute

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 10:17AM

THAILAND: The agent of a firm trying to uncover violators of copyright law – a copyright bounty hunter – was shot three times in the head on Monday, September 10 in a Karaoke bar in the Meuang district of Surat Thani.

‘Fagin’s gang’ robbers caught

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 12 September 2012, 09:56AM

PHUKET: Police Patong arrested a pair of youthful robbers on Sunday evening (September 9). They also arrested a Phuket Town man and charged him with buying stolen goods from the duo.

Sexy dancing – but no booze at fair

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 06:01PM

PHUKET: Friday sees the opening of a culinary event aimed at attracting families by being alcohol-free.

Cambodia deports Pirate Bay co-founder: police

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 05:50PM

ASIA: Cambodia on Monday deported a co-founder of The Pirate Bay filesharing website, sending him back to Sweden where he faces a one-year prison sentence for promoting copyright infringement.

Dengue fever: Vaccine trial raises a muted cheer

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 05:49PM

THAILAND: A prototype vaccine for dengue notched up the best success yet against the disease but failed to protect against all its viral strains, researchers reported on Tuesday.

Appeal for O-negative blood donations

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 05:15PM

PHUKET: Vachira Phuket Hospital’s blood bank has made an appeal for donations of type O-negative blood to save the life of a 17-year-old Itipon Sailek, badly injured in a motorbike smash on Saturday (September 8).

Hell hath no fury...

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 04:51PM

THAILAND: Trang municipal police were called in the early hours of Sunday (September 9) to the scene of a drive-by shooting in which two people were badly injured.

Thai rival complicates Heineken's Asian expansion

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 03:02PM

A Thai group said Tuesday it was exploring a bid for Singapore's Fraser and Neave (F&N) conglomerate, complicating Dutch beer giant Heineken's takeover of a major Asian brewer partly owned by F&N.

1,000 black taxis register to 'go green'

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 02:22PM

PHUKET: The Provincial Transportation Department (PTD) was deluged with paperwork yesterday (September 10) when it opened registration to convert illegal “black-plate” taxis into legal “green registration plate” cabs.

'Penis-head fish' discovered in Vietnam

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 12:58PM

A new species of fish with a penis on its head has been identified in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, according to researchers.

Toilet maker unveils 'poop-powered' bike

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 12:57PM

Japan’s best-known toilet maker on Wednesday unveiled a “poop-powered” motorcycle that can travel as far as 300 kilometres on a tank filled with animal waste.

Missing tourist finds herself

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 11 September 2012, 12:53PM

An extensive police hunt to find a missing tourist in Iceland was called off last week after it turned out the lost woman had actually been looking for herself.

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