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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.

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 08:04AM

Web editor to hear 'royal insults' verdict today

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.

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 08:01AM

Suu Kyi arrives in Thailand

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:28PM

Death toll rises to 15 in quake-struck Italy

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:50PM

Aung San Suu Kyi: from prisoner to global politician

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:44PM

Calls grow for reform of strict Thai royal insult law

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:43PM

Suu Kyi to arrive in Bangkok tonight

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:32PM

Thais offered 388 jobs in Macau

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 05:49PM

Phuket construction worker in suicide by traffic

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

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 04:56PM

Games give Phuket a B600m boost

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).

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 04:06PM

Legal Burmese wait for court date

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 03:09PM

Burmese maid held for B2m Phuket burglary

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

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 01:12PM

New Zealand triplets among 19 dead in Qatar mall fire

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 11:33AM

Fake banknotes circulating: police

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

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 10:51AM

East Furniture 'not linked to drug bust Briton'

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.

Tuesday 29 May 2012, 09:58AM

Racha Yai 'in serious trouble'

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.

Monday 28 May 2012, 06:35PM

Airplane passenger dies from heart failure

PHUKET: An Indian airliner made an emergency landing in Phuket yesterday afternoon (May 28) after a passenger indicated he was having severe trouble breathing.

Monday 28 May 2012, 02:54PM

Myanmar president delays Thai trip amid Suu Kyi visit

Myanmar's president has postponed this week's official visit to Thailand, where opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to arrive on her first foreign trip in two decades, Bangkok officials said Monday.

Monday 28 May 2012, 01:34PM

Soneva still mum about new Evason owner

PHUKET: The Soneva Group has officially acknowledged what has been known on the island for some weeks – that it has sold the Evason Phuket resort.

Monday 28 May 2012, 09:42AM

Let the Phuket Games begin