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THAILAND: A three-hour-long BBC documentary made in the 1970s, and containing rare footage of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej talking with a BBC reporter, has been rediscovered and posted on YouTube.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 04:39PM

WTO warns of Asian protectionism threat

The head of the World Trade Organisation on Thursday warned against growing Asian protectionism and said the region would not escape the impact of economic woes across the globe.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 04:03PM

Gravely humorous

Buddhism, its adherents would say, has many advantages over all other philosophies. But with most believers being cremated, it’s Christians who get to have the last word – on a gravestone.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 02:30PM

Finally, a bloody good decision

An auction house announced Thursday it had withdrawn from sale a vial said to contain blood taken from late US president Ronald Reagan after he was shot in 1981.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 02:28PM

Young athlete dies in bike smash

PHUKET: A reserve member of the Bangkok canoeing team in the National Youth Games died in a motorbike crash in Rawai this morning.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 02:23PM

Stew on this

A Japanese artist cooked his own genitals and served them to five paying diners in Tokyo to cover the medical costs, in a bizarre act to raise awareness about sexual minorities.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 02:21PM

Model Majesty is added to Legoland

A Lego model of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth complete with a diamond-encrusted crown is to go on display in time for the diamond jubilee.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 02:20PM

Queen Elizabeth II: a lifetime of devotion to duty

Phuket News / World

Thursday 31 May 2012, 02:11PM

Queen Elizabeth II, who celebrates her diamond jubilee this month, has spent a lifetime upholding her pledges to serve her peoples, earning a reputation in the process for calm shrewdness.

Nepal's war children head from poverty to university

Phuket News / World

Thursday 31 May 2012, 02:02PM

The gates of one of Nepal’s top private schools swing open and 20 children who hope to be the doctors, lawyers and scientists of tomorrow spill out into a smart Kathmandu suburb.

Chinese consulate discussed for Phuket

PHUKET: The Songkhla-based Chinese Consul General, Xu Mingliang, met Wednesday, May 30 with Phuket Vice-Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada to discuss opening a consulate in Phuket.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 01:59PM

Tree falls on Phuket truck, one hurt

PHUKET: A man was injured when a tree fell onto a pick-up truck at around 11 am on Sunday (May 27) morning, as he and his employee were travelling along the Kamala-Patong road.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 01:56PM

Reconciliation bill acts to deepen divides

Thousands of Thai ultra-royalists rallied Wednesday in Bangkok against a bill they fear will open the door for ousted premier Thaksin Shinatwatra to return to the politically-fractured kingdom.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 08:38AM

Joy as Suu Kyi greets Myanmar migrants

Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday began her first trip abroad in 24 years by telling an ecstatic crowd of Myanmar migrants in Thailand she would do all she could to help them.

Thursday 31 May 2012, 08:37AM

Google: Thai webmaster verdict threat' to Internet

Phuket News

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 06:49PM

Google branded a webmaster's conviction on Wednesday for hosting a comment deemed insulting to Thailand's monarchy a "serious threat" to the Internet in the country.

Police 'keeping an eye' on Bandido members

PHUKET: Police have reported that members of the Bandidos, a notorious international motorcycle gang branded in Canada and the US as an organised criminal gang, are currently in Phuket.

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 04:45PM

Russian man drowns off Phuket beach

PHUKET: A Russian man, Denis Skorobogatove, 33, drowned at Karon Beach today (May 30).

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 02:04PM

Webmaster guilty, jail sentence suspended

A Thai court on Wednesday convicted an online editor for hosting posts critical of the revered monarchy on her website, but suspended her jail sentence amid demands to reform the lese majeste law.

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 12:17PM

Suu Kyi to meet Myanmar migrants