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Battle over beachside ‘encroachment’ in Phuket

PHUKET: Vice-Governor Somkiat Sungkhaosutthirak today paid a visit to a piece of land next to Bangtao Beach that has recently become the centre of heated debate in the local community around Klong Bangtao.

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Robber in raincoat raids Phuket convenience store

PHUKET: A robber wearing a motorbike helmet with the visor down and a red plastic raincoat walked into the Baan Lipon, Thalang, branch of the 24-hour Family Mart chain of convenience stores this morning and pulled a knife.

Chinese tourist drowns during trip off Phuket

PHUKET: Chinese tourist Li Ran, 30, drowned this afternoon (June 18) while on a trip to Racha Yai island.

Top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98, charged in Hungary

BUDAPEST: Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal role in organising the deportation of some 12,000 Jews to World War II death camps.

Phuket white mask rally ‘not Arab Spring – yet’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 17 June 2013, 02:27PM

PHUKET: The island’s anti-government protesters, many wearing white “Guy Fawkes” masks, came out in force again yesterday (June 16) at Saphan Hin, with this second rally attracting far higher numbers than the one last weekend.

Iraqi wrestling coach dies after Phuket party

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 17 June 2013, 02:12PM

PHUKET: The coach of the Iraqi junior wrestling team, in Phuket for the Asian Junior Wrestling Championships, died of a heart attack just after midnight on Saturday (June 15) after a party on Bangla Rd in Patong.

Desperate hunt for Philippines ferry survivors

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 16 June 2013, 08:41PM

MANILA: Philippine navy divers battled strong ocean currents Sunday in a desperate hunt for seven missing passengers of a ferry that sank with dozens onboard.

Thai south rebels say peace could be years away

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 16 June 2013, 04:11PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Rebels from Thailand's restive south Friday said securing lasting peace could take years, acknowledging some insurgents were trying to undermine ongoing talks through continued violence.

Foreigner dives to rescue motorbikes – in Phuket street [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 16 June 2013, 02:59PM

PHUKET: A Thai man and a Belorussian were lucky last night when both drove their motorbikes – five minutes apart – into a huge hole in Pang Muang Sai Kor Rd in Patong.

More heavy weather for Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 15 June 2013, 08:40PM

PHUKET: Heavy weather arrived again in Phuket this afternoon, with squalls and thunder blanketing the island, particularly the north.

Phuket trash collector discovers dead baby in bag

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 15 June 2013, 07:21PM

PHUKET: A rubbish collector in Rawai District found the dead body of a newborn baby on Friday afternoon, dumped in a trash bag beside a neighbourhood road in Rawai.

American dies in Phuket road smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 15 June 2013, 03:22PM

PHUKET: American Nicolas Javier Solis, 27, was killed instantly when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a six-wheeled truck at an intersection in Rawai this morning.

Backhoe driver arrested for forest damage in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 15 June 2013, 03:10PM

PHUKET: Kathu District Chief Veera Kerdsirimongkol continued his campaign against forest encroachment with the arrest on Friday of a backhoe driver found levelling land in the Nakkerd Hills between Chalong and Kata.

Lost 9th Century city found in Cambodia

Phuket News / Weird World

Saturday 15 June 2013, 01:57PM

WEIRD WORLD: A lost city that thrived on a mist-shrouded Cambodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists using revolutionary airborne laser technology, a report said Saturday.

Thailand's airports on alert for NSA leaker Edward Snowden

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 15 June 2013, 10:40AM

BANGKOK: Check-in staff at Thailand's airports have been warned to be on the lookout for the American fugitive Edward Snowden, who has admitted leaking classified documents about US internet monitoring programmes to journalists, and was last reported to be hiding in Hong Kong.

Phuket Gov faces battery of 17 ambassadors

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 15 June 2013, 12:49AM

PHUKET: The press conference afterwards may not have reflected it – diplomats are, after all, supposed to be diplomatic in public – but according to sources who attended yesterday’s (June 14) meeting between government officials and 17 ambassadors from the European Union, some tough points about tourist safety and fair treatment of visitors were made.

Sense of crisis at Phuket tourism meeting

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 June 2013, 04:42PM

PHUKET: A sense of crisis prevailed at a meeting of senior Phuket tourism industry figures yesterday (June 13), presided over by Thailand’s Minister of Tourism & Sports, Somsak Pureesrisak.

Drunk man arrested after throwing paving slabs at tourists on Pattaya Beach

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 14 June 2013, 03:33PM

PATTAYA: A Thai Man, thought to be in his mid-30s, was arrested late on Wednesday night, after he was spotted throwing paving slabs at tourists.

Depressed Phuket guard talked out of suicide leap

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 June 2013, 12:57PM

PHUKET: A depressed security guard who climbed to the top of the Poonphol Night Plaza in Phuket Town yesterday afternoon (June 13), apparently intending to jump to his death, was talked down by a relative after an hour of high drama.

Police station scandal close to prosecution?

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 June 2013, 12:06PM

BANGKOK: Prosecutors will decide in two weeks whether to indict construction company PCC and its management on fraud charges, filed by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), relating to the B5.8 billion contract to build 369 police stations, most of which remain uncompleted, including two in Phuket.

Baby Phuket elephant sees ocean for the first time [VIDEO]

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 14 June 2013, 11:41AM

PHUKET: A YouTube user has uploaded a video of a baby elephant seeing the ocean for the very first time.

The Big List: Air crash survivors

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 13 June 2013, 06:09PM

THE BIG LIST: The good news about plane crashes is that the odds of surviving are getting better all the time, and studies show that, on average, up to 75 per cent of passengers now survive even the worst aircraft accidents. While a lot can still go wrong at 30,000 feet, here are some cheery stories of survival.

Pilot walks out front door after crashing into house

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 13 June 2013, 06:04PM

WEIRD WORLD: The pilot of a small plane who ploughed his aircraft into a large house in Virginia in the US was unhurt – and left the building by the front door.

Son born in jail frees mother from prison

Phuket News / Weird World

Thursday 13 June 2013, 05:59PM

WEIRD WORLD: The son of a Indian woman has bailed her out of jail – 19 years after she gave birth to him in prison.

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