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PHUKET: The captain and six crew members of a Phuket fishing boat were burned, some severely, when a gas explosion set their boat on fire on Sunday (July 1) and then sank it.

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 05:53PM

Police Chief reveals plans to improve security

PHUKET: Actions to improve security in Phuket have been proposed by Provincial Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Chonasit Watanawarangkun, following a meeting yesterday (June 2) with commanders of police stations on the island.

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 05:37PM

Indonesian 'haze' drives fishing fleets to port

Illegal burning of forests in Indonesia, which blankets southern Thailand in a thick haze every year, has this year driven fishing fleets back to port because of dangerously reduced visibility at sea, according to a report released on Monday (June 2). The opaque air conditions extend well into the Gulf of Thailand.

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 03:12PM

Officials try again to bring taxis to heel

PHUKET: Phuket authorities have announced that they will begin meeting with taxi rank leaders tomorrow (July 4), as part of a fresh attempt to solve taxi and tuk-tuk problems, including unregistered vehicles, violence against passengers and “influential people” supporting the drivers.

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 12:15PM

Ten dead in Koh Phangan-bound bus crash

Ten people are dead and 17 others injured following a bus crash in Surat Thani this morning (July 3).

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 11:46AM

Phuket 'could lose out to Vietnam, Myanmar'

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 3 July 2012, 09:18AM

PHUKET: The island risks losing investment over the next few years to emerging countries such as Vietnam and possibly Myanmar, officials were warned yesterday (July 2).

Four foreign aid workers released in Somalia: Kenyan army

Four foreign aid workers kidnapped in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp were released overnight in southern Somalia after a short gunfight, and were due to be flown back to Kenya, officials said Monday.

Monday 2 July 2012, 05:29PM

Northeast India floods kill 79, displace two million

At least 79 people have died and 2.2 million forced to leave their homes over the last week as torrential monsoon rains triggered floods across India's northeast, officials said Monday.

Monday 2 July 2012, 05:28PM

Busy burglar arrested

PHUKET: Police in Cherng Talay have arrested a man believed to be a member of a gang that has burgled at least 17 luxury homes in the Surin Beach area in the past two months.

Monday 2 July 2012, 04:20PM

Doherty hoping for Cabin fever

Perpetual partier and Libertines' frontman Pete Doherty is once again hoping to swap heroin and crack cocaine for green curry and calming green tea by checking into a Chiang Mai-based rehabilitation centre.

Monday 2 July 2012, 01:28PM

Kim Jong-Il ordered uranium bombs: reports

The late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il ordered his scientists to produce "a massive amount" of uranium bombs, according to internal regime documents, reports in Japan said Monday.

Monday 2 July 2012, 12:55PM

Power slowly returns as US heatwave drags on

Utility crews made slow progress Monday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon.

Monday 2 July 2012, 12:55PM

Fuel prices rise by B0.30 a litre

PHUKET: PTT and Bangchak oil refineries raised retail prices of all kinds of fuel and biofuel by 30 satang a litre from 5am today (July 2).

Monday 2 July 2012, 11:20AM

Myanmar tells Suu Kyi to stop calling nation Burma

Myanmar's authorities have ordered opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to stop calling the country "Burma", state media reported Friday, its colonial-era name widely used to defy the former junta.

Monday 2 July 2012, 11:17AM

Michelle Smith farewelled in Perth

PHUKET: Family and friends of stabbed travel agent Michelle Smith farewelled her in a moving ceremony in Perth yesterday (June 30).

Sunday 1 July 2012, 11:22AM

Roadworks slow traffic at Tesco intersection

PHUKET: Road workers today (June 30) began driving a new storm drain across the Phuket Town-Patong road, close to the Tesco Lotus-bypass intersection.

Saturday 30 June 2012, 01:26PM

Ambassador urges drive against tuk-tuk weapons

PHUKET: James Wise, Australian Ambassador to Thailand, has said that a crackdown on the carrying of weapons by tuk-tuk drivers in Phuket is essential, and that any driver found in possession of a weapon should have his tuk-tuk taken away.

Friday 29 June 2012, 06:19PM

Phuket's anti-mafia drive discussed

PHUKET: The provincial authorities have been trying to work out how they can comply with Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung’s order to wipe out “mafia” within 90 days (83 as of today – June 29), and repair Phuket’s damaged reputation after the murder of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith on June 20.

Friday 29 June 2012, 05:46PM

Thailand incinerates drugs worth $225 million