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Phuket rain fails to dampen locals' merit making spirit

PHUKET: This morning's heavy rain did not affect the turnout for the “Tam boon klang lhad” (Merit Day) as hundreds of locals poured into downtown Phuket to donate food and items to the local monks and 'make merit'.

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Bangkok: Reconciliation bill comes under fire

BANGKOK: The reconciliation bill sponsored by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung is facing growing opposition as it would exonerate those responsible for the crackdown on the 2010 red shirt protests.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler spotted in Phuket Town

PHUKET: Phuket Town locals got a shock last night (May 18) when they spotted Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler partying at Timber Hut bar in Phuket Town.

Phuket Police must stamp out abuse of tourists, says Chinese envoy

PHUKET: China’s Haad-Yai-based Vice Consul, Qin Jian, has urged police to crack down hard on sexual attacks on tourists, following yesterday’s alleged molestation of a 19-year-old Chinese tourist by a “black taxi” driver who picked her up from the airport.

Work to start on new memorial

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 10 July 2012, 04:37PM

PHUKET: Work will begin soon on construction of a new Phuket Historical Memorial at the Victory Field near Baan Riang, where the annual re-enactment of the 1785 victory of Phuket forces over an invading Burmese army takes place.

Troubled Istana development 'to restart very soon'

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 10 July 2012, 11:04AM

PHUKET: One of Thailand’s ritziest property developments, Istana, which appeared to be going the same way as the now abandoned Puravana and Barama Bay projects, is being pulled back from the brink, its new managing director, Michael Brereton, says.

ASEAN reaches out to Beijing over South China Sea code

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 10 July 2012, 10:08AM

Southeast Asian foreign ministers Monday said they were ready to open talks with Beijing over easing friction in the South China Sea, after agreeing key points of a pact aimed at preventing maritime disputes.

Health meetings' high hopes

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 9 July 2012, 03:42PM

PHUKET: Around 60 high-level health officials from the Association of Southeast Asian nations, plus their colleagues from China, Japan and South Korea, met in Phuket last week at the Movenpick Resort & Spa Karon Beach.

Asian nations under pressure to ease sea tensions

Phuket News / World

Monday 9 July 2012, 03:04PM

Southeast Asian nations were to hold crunch talks Monday on easing friction in the South China Sea as the US called for progress on the thorny issue at the start of a regional security forum.

Suu Kyi makes Myanmar parliamentary debut

Phuket News / World

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:30PM

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi made her historic parliamentary debut Monday, marking a new phase in her near quarter century struggle to bring democracy to her army-dominated homeland.

WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease

Phuket News / World

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:29PM

Health experts working to identify an illness that has killed dozens of children in Cambodia found a link to a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease, the UN health agency said Monday.

ASEAN pushed on South China Sea code

Phuket News / World

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:28PM

Southeast Asian nations should give top priority to easing tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea, Cambodia's premier said Monday, as he stressed the importance of regional stability.

Crude up in Asia on bargain-hunting

Phuket News / World

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:25PM

Oil prices inched up in Asian trade Monday as traders bought up cheap crude following a price plunge late last week caused by disappointing US jobs figures, analysts said.

Gunmen attack Pakistan army camp, kill seven

Phuket News / World

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:24PM

Gunmen killed seven security personnel at an army camp close to Islamabad on Monday, officials said, hours after a protest march against the resumption of NATO supply convoys passed through the area.

Russia mourns flood dead as questions mount

Phuket News / World

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:24PM

Russia on Monday held a day of mourning for at least 171 people who died in its worst flooding disaster as questions mounted over whether officials did enough to warn of the impending calamity.

Reality stars go to Taiwan to find fame and fortune

Phuket News / Asia

Saturday 7 July 2012, 04:55PM

Like many Chinese girls her age, Qi Ji enjoys singing and dancing and dreams of becoming a star. But rather than trying to make a start in vast and crowded China, she is pinning her hopes on Taiwan.

Laos vows to address Mekong dam fears

Phuket News / World

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:15PM

Laos has pledged to stall construction of a controversial multi-billion dollar dam on the Mekong river until all its neighbours' environmental concerns have been answered, state media said Friday.

Court defers key ruling on PM party

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:14PM

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday deferred ruling for a week on an incendiary charter amendment case that could lead to the dissolution of the ruling party.

European conmen arrested in $10 million Thai scam

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:13PM

A gang of international fraudsters who duped European victims into investing eight million euros ($9.9 million) in fake funds have been arrested in Bangkok, Thai immigration police said Friday.

Myanmar detains dozens of Thai villagers

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:12PM

Nearly 50 Thai nationals have been detained in neighbouring Myanmar after illegally crossing the border to run rubber and palm plantations, the Thai military said Friday.

Pregnant migrant worker plan slammed

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:11PM

Thai government proposals to deport pregnant migrant workers will heighten discrimination rather than boost the fight against human trafficking, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

Asean countries need to work together for a better South East Asia

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 7 July 2012, 11:43AM

PHUKET: Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan and Public Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri, along with senior officials from 10 other countries met at Movenpick resort yesterday (6 June) to discuss ways in which to boost collective revenue and stabilise economies while minimising the spread of diseases such as AIDS, when ASEAN Economic Community is established in 2015.

Myanmar's president to make Thai state visit

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 6 July 2012, 01:26PM

Myanmar's President Thein Sein is scheduled to make a delayed state visit to Thailand later this month after twice postponing the trip, a senior Thai minister said Friday.

Myanmar detains dozens of Thai villagers

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 6 July 2012, 01:25PM

At least 70 Thai nationals have been detained in neighbouring Myanmar after illegally crossing the border to run rubber and palm plantations, the Thai military said Friday.

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