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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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Box jellies spotted off Phuket beach [VIDEO]

PHUKET: Following the warning issued by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) that the Southwest Monsoon may bring jellyfish to Phuket's waters, including varieties of the deadly box jellyfish, their presence has already been confirmed

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.

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 News / Phuket

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 04:45PM

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.

Russian man drowns off Phuket beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 02:04PM

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

Webmaster guilty, jail sentence suspended

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 12:17PM

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.

Suu Kyi to meet Myanmar migrants

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 08:04AM

Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to kick off her historic first trip overseas in more than two decades with a visit to meet Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand on Wednesday.

Web editor to hear 'royal insults' verdict today

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 08:01AM

A Thai web editor is due Wednesday to hear whether she will be jailed for hosting defamatory postings about the monarchy on her website, amid a growing clamour for the law to be changed.

Suu Kyi arrives in Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:28PM

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Thailand late Tuesday on her first overseas trip from Myanmar in more than two decades, an AFP reporter said.

Death toll rises to 15 in quake-struck Italy

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:50PM

A strong earthquake rocked northeastern Italy Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, just days after another quake in the same region wrought death and destruction.

Aung San Suu Kyi: from prisoner to global politician

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:44PM

Emerging from two decades of imprisonment and personal sacrifice, Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is finally making her debut on the world stage as an elected politician.

Calls grow for reform of strict Thai royal insult law

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:43PM

A petition signed by almost 27,000 people urging reform of Thailand's strict royal insult law was submitted to parliament Tuesday, campaigners said, amid growing clamour for the rules to be changed.

Suu Kyi to arrive in Bangkok tonight

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:32PM

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi headed to Thailand Tuesday for her first trip abroad in more than two decades, ending an era of isolation and cementing her arrival on the global stage.

Thais offered 388 jobs in Macau

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 05:49PM

PHUKET: The Ministry of Labor (MoL) has announced that 388 jobs are available specifically for Thais in casinos, hotels and resorts in Macau, the former Portuguese enclave on the southern coast of China, near Hong Kong.

Phuket construction worker in suicide by traffic

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 04:56PM

PHUKET: A man was killed by a six-wheeled truck in front of Wat Tha Reua on Thepkrassattri Rd, yesterday evening (May 28).

Games give Phuket a B600m boost

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 04:06PM

PHUKET: By the time they end, the National Youth Games, currently underway, will have given Phuket’s rainy season a B600 million boost, Governor Tri Augkaradacha said at the press centre at the Royal Phuket City hotel on Sunday evening (May 27).

Legal Burmese wait for court date

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 03:09PM

PHUKET: Eight Burmese immigrant workers who arrived in Thailand legally under the immigrant workers MoU signed by the Thai and Burmese governments are to go on trial on June 11 – charged with working without work permits.

Burmese maid held for B2m Phuket burglary

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 01:12PM

PHUKET: A Burmese maid has been arrested for robbing her former employer’s house, walking off with jewellery valued at B2 million.

New Zealand triplets among 19 dead in Qatar mall fire

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 11:33AM

A fire that erupted at a nursery in a huge shopping centre in the expat-dominated Qatari capital of Doha on Monday claimed 19 lives, including New Zealand triplets and 10 other children, officials said.

Fake banknotes circulating: police

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:51AM

PHUKET: Counterfeit B1,000 and B100 notes are circulating in Thailand, police have warned.

East Furniture 'not linked to drug bust Briton'

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:58AM

PHUKET: James Firth, managing director of East Furniture & Interiors of Phuket, has denied any connection to the company’s namesake in Pattaya, whose former MD was arrested yesterday in possession of 25.85 grams of crystal methamphetamine, or ya ice.

Racha Yai 'in serious trouble'

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 28 May 2012, 06:35PM

PHUKET: Locals on Racha Yai island, south of Phuket, have called for official support to save their small island’s environment from the ravages of unrestricted tourism.

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