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Foreigner found dead on Phuket beach

PHUKET: The body of a foreign man was found washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 this morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park.

Phuket: Crash, breakdown on Patong hill jam up traffic

PHUKET: Traffic is slow on both sides of the Patong hill this morning (May 21) after a small accident took place on one side and a six-wheeled truck broke down on the other at around 8am.

At least 51 dead in deadly Oklahoma tornado

WASHINGTON: A powerful tornado with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) per hour pulverized an Oklahoma City suburb Monday, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of homes. The death toll has risen to 51, US media said, citing the state medical examiner's office.

Thailand, Myanmar back ambitious port project

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 23 July 2012, 04:30PM

Thailand and Myanmar pledged on Monday to press ahead with a multi-billion-dollar deep sea port project and to open new border crossings during summit talks focused on strengthening economic ties.

Myanmar president visits Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 23 July 2012, 01:30PM

Myanmar's president Sunday made his first official trip to Thailand since taking power in a visit likely to focus on economic ties between his reforming nation and its more affluent neighbour.

Thais' language skills need big boost – MP

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 23 July 2012, 09:37AM

PHUKET: Thailand needs to significantly improve its people’s English- and Chinese-language skills in order to prepare for a successful Asean Economic Community (AEC) transition in 2015, says Phuket MP Rewat Arirob.

Thai AirAsia CEO calls for infrastructure improvements

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 21 July 2012, 01:04PM

PHUKET: The Chief Executive Officer of Thai AirAsia, Tassapon Bijleveld, has called for the improvement of Phuket’s infrastructure to support tourism growth when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) starts in 2015.

Mayor's son urges autonomy for Patong

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 20 July 2012, 06:06PM

PHUKET: Preechawut “Prap” Keesin, the son of Patong Mayor Pian Keesin, met with government officials and tourist industry representatives on July 20 to throw his weight behind a proposal for Patong to become a self-governing municipal area (SGMA), like Pattaya.

Three missing in Malaysia helicopter crash

Phuket News / World

Friday 20 July 2012, 05:28PM

A German pilot was rescued but three passengers remained missing after their helicopter crashed into a river on the remote island of Borneo in Malaysia, an official said Friday.

At least 14 killed in US cinema shooting: report

Phuket News / World

Friday 20 July 2012, 05:04PM

At least 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a crowded cinema premiere of the latest Batman movie in the US state of Colorado, police and media said.

All puffed out

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:58PM

An orang-utan housed in an Indonesian zoo who quickly shot to stardom for puffing on cigarettes will be forced to quit cold turkey.

Rock fan loves the stones

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:58PM

Stress does funny things to people’s eating and drinking habits.

Olympian feats

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:57PM

With the 2012 London Olympics just a week away, we thought you should know something about the odder side of this mega-event. Our five favourites:

BIG LIST: Freaky Foods

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 20 July 2012, 03:10PM

If you thought eating rocks was bad (see story left), then how about some of these foul foods, which are guaranteed to leave a bad taste in your mouth...

Doing what Italians do

Phuket News / Features

Friday 20 July 2012, 03:04PM

PHUKET: Giuseppe “Pepe” Viva, manager of Bliss Beach Club on Bang Tao Bay, is, by his own admission, nuts about bikes.

April 11 quake a ‘record breaker’

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 20 July 2012, 09:00AM

PHUKET: The Indonesian earthquake on April 11 that caused widespread panic in Phuket broke two records, researchers reported in the American Science journal.

Money changer scammed with fake notes

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 19 July 2012, 06:22PM

PHUKET: A money changer at Kata Beach was scammed out of B12,389 today when she changed 100 British pounds for baht, only to discover afterwards that the money she had been given was counterfeit.

Doherty kicked out of Chiang Mai rehab clinic

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:28PM

Troubled British rock star Pete Doherty has been thrown out of an exclusive drug treatment centre in Thailand for failing to show he is ready to kick his heroin habit, the clinic said Thursday.

Phuket Opinion: No Kodak moments

Phuket News / Opinion

Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:14PM

PHUKET: Crocodiles are sometimes spotted on Bangla Road. This is not a metaphor, nor an analogy. Touts have been known to offer personalised photographs of splayed crocodiles with their mouths taped shut.

Phuket Opinion: Will ASEAN be the new Euro?

Phuket News / Opinion

Thursday 19 July 2012, 05:12PM

PHUKET: ASEAN secretary general Surin Pitsuwan's recent comments extolling the virtues of the positives of an ASEAN community assume a more sinister aspect when one considers his background as a fellow of the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, his post at the American University in Washington, and his connection to the US Congress.

Police smash major loan shark gang

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 19 July 2012, 04:28PM

PHUKET: Officials from Crime Suppression Division 5 (CSD) of the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok raided a house on Chaofa East Rd in Chalong this morning (July 19) and arrested eight members of one of the biggest loan shark gangs in Phuket.

Suicide bomber blamed for attack on Israelis in Bulgaria

Phuket News / World

Thursday 19 July 2012, 02:41PM

A suicide bomber was behind the blast against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, officials said Thursday, as they raised the toll to seven, the deadliest attack on Israelis abroad since 2004.

Child disease prompts school closures

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 19 July 2012, 02:21PM

PHUKET: Two schools on the island have been closed following the discovery of cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).

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