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N.Z. burglar turns himself in after finding corpse

WELLINGTON: A terrified New Zealand burglar handed himself in after breaking into a darkened house and bumping into a hanging corpse, waking neighbours with his blood-curdling screams, police said Thursday.

Australia royal prank call station tries to halt probe

SYDNEY: A radio station at the centre of a prank call targeting Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine that led to the suicide of a nurse is trying to block further investigation of its actions, Australia's communications watchdog said Thursday.

Singapore man tied to Bangkok white lion bust

BANGKOK: A Singapore businessman has been implicated in the import of 14 white lions seized with a large number of other protected animals during a recent raid in Bangkok.

Airport plan for Yala

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 05:20PM

YALA: An airport will be constructed in Betong, the border district in Yala province, at a cost of B1.2 billion, the Department of Civil Aviation said.

World’s biggest cruise firm looks to Asia – and Phuket – for expansion

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 05:19PM

PHUKET: Carnival Corp & plc, the world’s largest cruise ship company with more than 100 ships, has signalled a major drive into Asia, with the arrival in the region of one of its largest ships – which will cruise to Phuket – and the opening of a new Carnival Asia unit in Singapore.

Ministry to set up B700m tourist insurance scheme

Phuket News

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 04:15PM

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports says it will seek B700 million to set up insurance to assist international travellers in distress to cover the peak season October 2013 to February 2014.

B1bn in drugs seized in Thai border ambush

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 03:52PM

CHIANG RAI: Early this morning (May 14) soldiers of the Pha Muang force seized 1.66 million methamphetamine pills (ya ba) and 43 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice), with a total estimated street worth of B1 billion.

Seers predict good harvest across Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 03:48PM

Traditional soothsayers are predicting good harvests and plentiful water for the year ahead after the Royal Ploughing Ceremony at Sanam Luang yesterday.

Rohingya boat lost with 150 aboard

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 03:36PM

MYANMAR: A boat carrying up to 150 Rohingya people fleeing the approaching Cyclone Mahasen has capsized off Myanmar’s coast, the UN said today (May 14).

Five con artists arrested in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 03:22PM

PHUKET: Police yesterday (May 13) arrested another five members of the Gang Kwai, notorious for swindling people out of millions of baht by coercing them into gambling for cash, land deeds and other possessions.

Record-breaking flyer lands in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 10:25AM

PHUKET: Malaysian James Tan landed in Phuket last night (May 13) on his last stop before the final leg of a solo round-the-world flight that will make him the youngest pilot ever to fly solo around the globe.

Women 'smuggled pills in their privates'

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 09:36AM

KALASIN: Three Lao women were charged with drug trafficking on Monday after they were found with 4,000 speed pills stashed inside their genitals and rectums, police said.

OJ Simpson appears in Las Vegas court seeking retrial

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 09:35AM

LOS ANGELES: O.J. Simpson appeared in a Las Vegas court Monday, hoping to be retried for a September 2007 casino hotel robbery on grounds that his longtime lawyer had botched his defense.

Salt in foods is still high: US study

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 09:34AM

WASHINGTON: The amount of salt in foods that are processed or sold at fast food restaurants is still high despite calls by medical experts for people to cut sodium for better health, a US study said Monday.

US abortion provider convicted of murder

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 09:27AM

NEW YORK: A US abortion provider was found guilty Monday of murdering three babies with scissors after they were born alive in his filthy Philadelphia clinic.

The fall of a New Zealand drug lord

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 08:42AM

ROTORUA: New Zealand has been riveted lately by the tale of a drug kingpin who built a methamphetamine empire on precursor drugs smuggled from Thailand, only to be brought down by his adultery with several wrong women.

Phuket officials join disaster relief exercise

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 13 May 2013, 05:35PM

PHUKET: Eight participants from the island arrived back in Phuket at the weekend after taking part in the four-day Asean Regional Forum Disaster Relief Exercise (ARF DiREx 2013), a regular exercise to boost preparedness for dealing with disasters.

Brit caught for 2-year Phuket overstay, and dope

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 13 May 2013, 04:55PM

PHUKET: Immigration police this morning arrested 45-year-old British man, Stephen Peering, on charges of exceeding his permit to stay by two years, and possession of marijuana.

Singapore says US scientist depressed, left suicide notes

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:54PM

SINGAPORE: A US high-tech researcher whose family claims he was murdered in Singapore was under treatment for depression and left suicide notes before he was found hanged, a public inquiry was told Monday.

Hong Kong transsexual wins fight to marry her boyfriend

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:53PM

HONG KONG: A transsexual woman in Hong Kong won a groundbreaking court appeal Monday allowing her to marry her boyfriend and forcing the government to re-write the city's marriage laws.

Off-campus hazing parties banned

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:52PM

BANGKOK: A ban has been imposed on off-campus parties for freshmen at all institutes under the Vocational Education Commission (VEC), Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana said on Monday.

Last 'Death Railway' Brit dies

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:46PM

The last British prisoner of war to work on the construction of the World War II 'Death Railway' between Thailand and Myanmar has died, aged 99.

Rubber boom fuelling land grabs in SE Asia: report

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:33PM

PHNOM PENH: Vietnamese rubber firms bankrolled by an arm of the World Bank and Germany's Deutsche Bank are driving a land-grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia, activists said Monday.

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