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A man who escaped from Phang-nga prison early this month, then four days later decided to surrender, died on Saturday (July 21) in official custody – reportedly after vomiting blood.

Monday 23 July 2012, 06:25PM

Police colonel found dead in hotel

PHUKET: A senior police officer was found dead on Wednesday afternoon (July 18) in a hotel in Phuket Town.

Monday 23 July 2012, 06:10PM

Amcham seminar to address green practices for tourism

PHUKET: The American Chamber of Commerce Greater Phuket Chapter (Amcham) and local green NGO Seek are to hold a forum addressing tourism as the leading industry in Phuket and the need for it to work towards a better environment.

Monday 23 July 2012, 05:48PM

Mob rule on the Web

Phuket News / Business

Monday 23 July 2012, 04:46PM

PHUKET: An innovative new accommodation booking site, Travelmob.com, launched officially in Phuket on Tuesday, aimed at delivering “non-traditional” places to stay.

Thailand, Myanmar back ambitious port project

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.

Monday 23 July 2012, 04:30PM

Myanmar president visits Thailand

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.

Monday 23 July 2012, 01:30PM

Thais' language skills need big boost – MP

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.

Monday 23 July 2012, 09:37AM

Thai AirAsia CEO calls for infrastructure improvements

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.

Saturday 21 July 2012, 01:04PM

Mayor's son urges autonomy for Patong

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.

Friday 20 July 2012, 06:06PM

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

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

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:58PM

Rock fan loves the stones

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

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:58PM

Olympian feats

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:

Friday 20 July 2012, 04:57PM

BIG LIST: Freaky Foods

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...

Friday 20 July 2012, 03:10PM

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

Friday 20 July 2012, 09:00AM

Money changer scammed with fake notes

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.

Thursday 19 July 2012, 06:22PM

Doherty kicked out of Chiang Mai rehab clinic