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

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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.

Thai-Dutch battle erupts over Singapore's Tiger Beer

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 8 August 2012, 02:32PM

A Thai company Tuesday raised the stakes in a battle for control of a Singapore brewer about to be taken over by Dutch giant Heineken by offering a higher price for the makers of Tiger Beer.

'Thainess' tourism campaigns get clear direction

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 8 August 2012, 11:42AM

A broad-based destination image research study conducted across 14 countries by the Tourism Authority of Thailand has provided clear pointers on ways to sharpen the imagery and message of the country’s upcoming “Thainess” tourism campaigns.

Medium attendant's throat cut

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 8 August 2012, 10:57AM

An investigation into the murder of 40-year-old Taoist ‘medium attendant’ Kasidich Tabonwat led to the arrest of a 16-year-old boy in Trang on Friday.

Phang Nga woman has the funeral of her dreams

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 8 August 2012, 10:56AM

A 37-year-old Phang Nga woman, after having a vision of her own death the day before it occurred, ordered friends and relatives to purchase a coffin and insisted that there be music, dancing and that those attending wear purple instead of black, the former being her favourite colour.

Thai villagers in legal challenge against Laos dam

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 8 August 2012, 09:39AM

Thai opponents of a planned multi-billion dollar dam in Laos submitted a lawsuit to a court in Bangkok on Tuesday seeking to prevent their country buying power from the hydropower project.

Three to face court for beating of Aussie

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 05:27PM

PHUKET: Three taxi and tuk-tuk drivers are to appear in court tomorrow, charged with assault causing bodily harm, following a complaint brought against them by Australian tourist Peter Hulands, 45.

Hopper Horror

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 05:18PM

Grasshoppers who die frightened leave their mark in the Earth in a way that more mellow ones do not, US and Israeli researchers said July 26.

Berserker's toilet-lid bash

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 05:17PM

A Las Vegas man is in jail for attempted murder. His weapons of choice: his hands and a guitar. And a toilet lid.

The burning truth

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 05:16PM

Now here’s a terrific idea: bet your friends that you can set some high-proof rum on fire.

Sentencing of Michelle's killers expected tomorrow

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 04:36PM

PHUKET: Sentencing of the two men accused in the murder of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith is expected to take place tomorrow afternoon (August 8) in the Phuket Provincial Court.

Tesco braces for opposition

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 03:01PM

PHUKET: Senior management of Tesco-Lotus will be bracing for opposition on August 16 when the company holds an open meeting to discuss results of a draft environmental impact assessment on construction of a new Tesco-Lotus big-box on Bangkok Rd in Phuket Town.

Nutrition and fitness event on August 9

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 12:58PM

PHUKET: Find out more about nutrition and health by joining a fun, free and informative talk this Thursday at The Book Cafe in Nai Harn.

Prison runaway recaptured

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 11:49AM

PHUKET: Drug possession suspect Nontachai Boonyarak, 23, who managed to escape on Friday (August 3) while receiving treatment at Vachira Hospital, was rearrested yesterday morning (August 6).

Locals back B1bn prison plan

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 7 August 2012, 11:31AM

PHUKET: The Department of Corrections (DoC) is now pushing forward a billion-baht project to build a state-of-the-art prison in Sri Soonthorn District, on the same site as the Bangjo prison, an annex of the Phuket Provincial Prison.

Christians meet to transform Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 06:20PM

PHUKET: Christian network Harvest Evangelism has been holding its fifth annual series of Transforming the World seminars at the Royal Phuket City hotel in Phuket Town.

Two parties sign up for Patong elections

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 06:16PM

PHUKET: Two local political parties signed up today (August 6) on the first day of registration for elections to the post of Mayor of Patong Municipality and for seats in the town council.

Swiss expat 'stabbed himself to death'

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 05:33PM

PHUKET: A Swiss expat, Francois Richard Leppert, 54, was found dead in his house in Soi Naya in Rawai this morning (August 6), after apparently committing suicide by knifing himself in the chest. The knife was still in his hand.

Indian caught with meth ingredient

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 04:59PM

PHUKET: A 31-year-old Indian, Katchi Mohamed Buhari Ahmed, was arrested yesterday evening (August 5) at Phuket International Airport (PIA) after customs officers found his two travel bags stuffed with 10 kilograms of ephedrine sealed inside 20 briefcases.

Cop arrested on drug-dealing charges

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 04:38PM

PHUKET: Two drug dealers, one a police officer, were arrested by Phuket City Police on Saturday (August 4) at the Sunwest Apartment building in Poonpol Rd in Phuket Town.

Influential people 'behind oil smuggling'

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 August 2012, 04:11PM

PHUKET: Influential people have been obstructing attempts by law enforcers to stamp out oil smuggling, The Phuket News was told today (August 6).

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