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Phuket black taxi accused of molesting tourist

PHUKET: A“black taxi” driver was accused today of molesting a 19-year-old Chinese tourist during a five hour ordeal in which he repeatedly tried to have sex with her and she repeatedly defended herself.

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Government yields to pressure over school closures

BANGKOK: Bowing to a public outcry and resistance from many civic groups, the Education Ministry has agreed to create a joint committee to look into the issue of small school closures.

DSI arrests B150 million bank robber

HUA HIN: The Department of Special Investigation arrested the head of a Swiss bank robber gang on May 16 in Hua Hin.

4 plots of Phuket land checked - all illegal

PHUKET: As part of an ongoing investigation into land encroachment on the island, Pol Lt Gen Jutti Thammanovanich, Head of the Special Unit of the Ministry of Interior came down from Bangkok to investigate land plots in the Patong, Kathu and Kamala areas today.

Vogue magazine coming to Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 24 June 2012, 12:03PM

Fashion folk in Thailand can rejoice - it has been confirmed Thailand is getting its own version of Vogue.

Fears grow for early end to Khmer Rouge trial

Phuket News / World

Sunday 24 June 2012, 11:58AM

Health and funding woes are threatening a flagship Khmer Rouge trial, experts say, kindling fears that the elderly defendants may never answer for the worst of Cambodia's "Killing Fields" era.

Has hosting the Olympics become ruinous?

Phuket News / World

Sunday 24 June 2012, 11:57AM

With the cost of hosting the Olympic Games soaring, the economic benefits of the sporting extravaganza have been called into question as the global economy faces a slowdown in growth.

Six divers missing off Malaysian island: official

Phuket News / World

Sunday 24 June 2012, 11:55AM

Search teams were Sunday looking for six scuba divers who went missing a day earlier off a Malaysian resort island after apparently failing to resurface, a maritime official said.

Bag snatch investigation 'a matter of urgency'

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 24 June 2012, 11:44AM

PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has urged police to treat their investigation into the murder of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith as a matter of urgency so as to protect Thailand's image, the Bangkok Post reported.

Stabbing 'sent shockwaves through tourism industry'

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 24 June 2012, 10:42AM

PHUKET: Andrew J Wood, President of Skal International Thailand, says that the violent death of travel agent Michelle Smith, “has sent shockwaves throughout the tourism industry here in Thailand and overseas”.

Phuket security likely to be beefed up

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 24 June 2012, 10:25AM

PHUKET: Investigations into the killing of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith on Wednesday night (June 20) at Kata Noi are now being led by Pol Gen Chatchai Potranant, an expert in crime suppression and one of Thailand’s most senior officers.

Thailand probes radar blackout at Suvarnabhumi

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 23 June 2012, 11:28PM

Thailand has launched a probe into a radar blackout at its main international airport, a minister said Saturday, after the incident threatened to tarnish the nation's image as a regional aviation hub.

B300k offered for info on killers

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 23 June 2012, 01:30PM

PHUKET: Police announced this morning that a reward of B300,000 is being offered for information leading to the capture of the killers of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith, 60, on Wednesday night in Kata.

Police arrest 19 North Korean refugees

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 23 June 2012, 01:10PM

Police arrested 19 North Korean refugees in northern Thailand on Friday who asked to be sent to a "third country", most likely South Korea, officials said, and charged them with illegal entry.

'Mafia gangs gone in three months'

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 23 June 2012, 01:02PM

PHUKET: Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung vowed yesterday (June 22) to get rid of mafia gangs in Thailand tourism hotspots, including Phuket, within three months.

CCTV stills show suspects in Michelle Smith case

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 23 June 2012, 10:58AM

PHUKET: Police last night released enhanced images from CCTV cameras in Kata showing the two men they believe killed Australian travel agent Michelle Smith on Wednesday night (June 20).

Stabbing victim's husband 'absolutely devastated'

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 05:19PM

PHUKET: The husband of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith, 60, has told an Australian newspaper he is ‘absolutely devastated’ and will never recover from the loss of his life partner.

Rolly Tasker dies at 86

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 02:40PM

PHUKET: Rolly Tasker, founder of one of Phuket’s most successful industries, died this morning (June 22) in Australia, at the age of 86, after a long battle with cancer.

Two men sought over Phi Phi deaths

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 12:59PM

PHUKET: Police are looking for two Portuguese men last seen with the two Canadian sisters found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel on Koh Phi Phi last week.

Bashed fighter's family overwhelmed by support

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 11:54AM

PHUKET: The family of Phuket Muay Thai fighter Daniel Ketley, who was allegedly beaten and left for dead in Naiharn on June 8 say they have been blown away by the support from people all around the world after they went public about the incident.

Many missing as 110 survive Indian Ocean boat capsize

Phuket News / World

Friday 22 June 2012, 11:38AM

Ships and aircraft scoured the Indian Ocean Friday for survivors after a boat capsized off Australia's remote Christmas Island, with three people confirmed dead and more than 80 missing.

19-year-old found hanged in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 09:52AM

PHUKET: A 19-year-old man, Danupong Dechbamroong, was found hanged at his home off Sri Sena Rd, on the southeast edge of Phuket Town, on Wednesday (June 20).

New form of 'ice' seized in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 09:47AM

PHUKET: Police in Thalang district seized 307 methamphetamine tablets (ya ba) and crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) of a new but increasingly popular type during a drug raid on Tuesday night (June 19).

TAT in 'deep shock' over killing

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 22 June 2012, 09:41AM

The Tourism Authority Thailand (TAT) “is in deep shock and regret” following the stabbing death of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith in Phuket.

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