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Phuket airport to Patong bus starts July 1. Definitely

PHUKET: The long-awaited bus service from Phuket International Airport to Patong will launch on July 1, it was confirmed in a meeting this afternoon (June 19) at Phuket Provincial Hall.

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Now it’s Phuket’s Andara under the microscope

PHUKET: The high-profile Andara resort and property development, along with the Parisorn project, currently under construction in Kamala, were this morning (June 19) examined by a high-level and very suspicious team from the Ministry of Interior.

Thousands evacuated after blasts at Russian arms depot

MOSCOW: More than 6,000 people were evacuated in central Russia overnight after a series of massive explosions at an arms depot blew out windows and sparked a fire, the emergency situations ministry said Wednesday.

French floods claim first victim, Lourdes remains closed

TOULOUSE: Flash floods in southwestern France killed an elderly woman as the inundated grotto at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes remained closed for a second day on Wednesday.

Japan mayor mounts lengthy sex slave comment defence

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 27 May 2013, 05:53PM

TOKYO: The combative mayor of Osaka took on Japan's foreign press corps Monday in a nearly three-hour defence of his comments on wartime sex slaves.

19 die as bus plunges into canal in India

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 27 May 2013, 05:52PM

LUCKNOW: At least 19 people were killed early on Monday when a bus plunged into a canal in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, an official said.

Cambodian PM wants ban on denial of Khmer Rouge killings

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 27 May 2013, 05:49PM

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called for a new law banning statements denying that genocide was committed under the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s.

NEWS TODAY May 27

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 27 May 2013, 03:26PM

Police investigation on illegal tourism workers. Bad weather sinks boats near Krabi and Phi Phi. Australians attack!

Phuket: Brakeless truck crashes on Patong Hill

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 27 May 2013, 03:24PM

PHUKET: A 10-wheel truck ran out of control at the bottom of Patong Hill on the Patong side this morning (May 27) after its brakes failed.

Phuket beach lifeguard deal signed in the nick of time

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 27 May 2013, 01:10PM

PHUKET: Thirty-eight locations on Phuket’s beaches will be covered by lifeguards in June following the signing yesterday (May 26) of special one-month contract between the Provincial Administration Organisation (OrBorJor) and the Phuket Lifeguard Club (PLC).

Bomb suspected in Bangkok blast

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 27 May 2013, 06:36AM

BANGKOK: Police are investigating an apparent bomb explosion at Ramkhamhaeng Soi 43/1 on Sunday night that left seven people injured.

Invasion of the job snatchers – Phuket's illegal foreign workers

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 26 May 2013, 09:40PM

PHUKET: The tourism boom in Phuket over the past decade has seen a dramatic increase in Russian and Chinese visitors and also growing resentment from local tour guides who say illegal foreign workers are stealing their jobs.

Thai Tourist dies in boating “incident” off Jomtien Beach in Pattaya

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 26 May 2013, 11:12AM

PATTAYA: A 36 year old Thai Tourist died in an incident involving a speedboat off the coast of Jomtien beach on Saturday afternoon. Police are unsure if the man had already died before the collision or if the collision with the boat killed him.

Motorcyclist nabbed after naked joyride in Chiang Mai goes viral

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 26 May 2013, 11:07AM

CHIANG MAI: A man who brazenly rode a motorcycle through downtown Chiang Mai while naked has been arrested after detectives were alerted to his antics through a video clip on a social media network.

Poll: Energy Minister Pongsak blamed for Phuket blackout

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 25 May 2013, 09:05PM

PHUKET: Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal should be held responsible for the massive blackout in 14 southern provinces on Tuesday, say the majority of respondents to an Abac Poll.

Big waves sink longtails, leave tourists stranded offshore

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 25 May 2013, 08:56PM

KRABI: Following the onset of the southwest monsoon, many boats were damaged and sunk this afternoon in Krabi waters (May 25) by big waves and inclement weather.

Thai aunt denies pimping girl in South Korea

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 25 May 2013, 07:54AM

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

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 25 May 2013, 07:42AM

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.

NEWS TODAY May 24

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 24 May 2013, 04:39PM

Taxi blockade at airport. Another protest - outside Governor's mansion. Dredging at Bang Tao Klong nearly complete.

The Big List: Ghost Towns

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 24 May 2013, 03:40PM

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.

‘Ugly’ fish face up to extinction

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 24 May 2013, 03:37PM

WEIRD WORLD: They may be last of their species – and scientists joke they may be too ugly to breed. London Zoo has appealed to fish keepers to find a mate for their two tropical Mangarahara cichlids, which come originally from Madagascar.

Stray dogs sniff out human remains

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 24 May 2013, 03:35PM

WEIRD WORLD: A Polish businessman who stashed human body parts in a city warehouse instead of incinerating them was exposed by local stray dogs, who started gathering hungrily outside.

Argentine ghost town rises from the waves

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 24 May 2013, 03:34PM

WEIRD WORLD: A town in Argentina that was under water for 25 years is once again proving an attraction for tourists.

Berserker Australians get rough Phuket justice

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 24 May 2013, 12:44PM

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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