Phuket News | The Phuket News

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.

Tuesday 10 July 2012, 10:08AM

Health meetings' high hopes

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.

Monday 9 July 2012, 03:42PM

Asian nations under pressure to ease sea tensions

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.

Monday 9 July 2012, 03:04PM

Suu Kyi makes Myanmar parliamentary debut

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.

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:30PM

WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease

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.

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:29PM

ASEAN pushed on South China Sea code

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.

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:28PM

Crude up in Asia on bargain-hunting

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.

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:25PM

Gunmen attack Pakistan army camp, kill seven

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.

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:24PM

Russia mourns flood dead as questions mount

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.

Monday 9 July 2012, 02:24PM

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

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.

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:15PM

Court defers key ruling on PM party

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.

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:14PM

European conmen arrested in $10 million Thai scam

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.

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:13PM

Myanmar detains dozens of Thai villagers

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.

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:12PM

Pregnant migrant worker plan slammed

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

Saturday 7 July 2012, 01:11PM

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

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.

Saturday 7 July 2012, 11:43AM

Myanmar's president to make Thai state visit

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.

Friday 6 July 2012, 01:26PM

Myanmar detains dozens of Thai villagers

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.

Friday 6 July 2012, 01:25PM

Graft blamed for loss of half Phuket's forests

PHUKET: Officials from Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) visited Phuket yesterday (July 5) to study cases of forest encroachment and evidence of corruption, as part of a nationwide tour to gather information to be used in the creation of improved policies and regulations to protect national forests.

Friday 6 July 2012, 09:47AM

Andaman provinces will feel AEC impact – Surin