Phuket News | The Phuket News

PHUKET: Sonny Pasong Cornel, 31, from the Philippines was arrested at Phuket International Airport on Friday morning when he arrived from India via Kuala Lumpur carrying 7.1 kilos of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice) concealed in his luggage.

Sunday 14 April 2013, 11:27AM

Fingers crossed: No Phuket Songkran road deaths so far

PHUKET: The island has managed to get through the first three days of the Seven Days of Danger, covering the Songkran period, without a single road death.

Sunday 14 April 2013, 10:59AM

Plan to open Don Muang to all airlines

BANGKOK: Airports of Thailand says it will open Don Muang Airport to all international airlines, putting it on an equal footing with Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 08:18PM

Myanmar’s wine astonishes experts

Myanmar may be best known for its decades of brutal military rule, but behind the bamboo curtain maverick entrepreneurs have toiled for years to put the nation on the map for the far from brutal art of winemaking.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 08:16PM

New GM for Allamanda Phuket

PHUKET: Femke Beekers has been appointed General Manager of the Best Western Allamanda Laguna Phuket.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 08:08PM

Thailand ‘trailing its neighbours’ as a destination

When it comes to favourite destinations for tourists, Thailand is behind Singapore and Malaysia, according to a report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Saturday 13 April 2013, 08:08PM

Nok Air to launch Tak-Myanmar routes

Nok Air plans to operate two new routes from Mae Sot district in Tak Province to Myanmar in preparation for the establishment of the Mae Sot Special Economic Zone and the Asean Economic Community (AEC).

Saturday 13 April 2013, 08:02PM

Suu Kyi arrives in Japan after 27 years

TOKYO: Myanmar's democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Japan on Saturday, her first visit to the country where she spent time as a university researcher nearly three decades ago.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:58PM

‘Bonobo heaven’: life at a DR Congo ape sanctuary

Phuket News / World

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:54PM

Claudine Andre, a 67-year-old Belgian living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has spent the last twenty years dedicated to the protection of the bonobo, an extraordinary species of ape threatened by trafficking and poachers.

New China premier Li faces challenge to exert authority

China’s new premier Li Keqiang has risen from relatively humble roots to take charge of running the government of the world’s second-largest economy, but could struggle to enforce his will.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:51PM

Thatcher's daughter: 'This will be a tough and tearful week'

Phuket News / World

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:46PM

LONDON: Margaret Thatcher's daughter Carol said on Saturday that she was expecting a "tough and tearful week" ahead of her mother's high-profile funeral on Wednesday.

Indian girl with swollen head needs 'miracle': parents

JIRANIA KHOLA: A desperate Indian father whose young child suffers from a condition that caused her head to swell up to an enormous size said Saturday he is praying for a "miracle" to save her life.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:45PM

Passenger plane misses Bali runway and lands in sea

DENPASAR: An Indonesian plane carrying more than 100 passengers broke in two after missing the runway at Bali airport Saturday and landing in the sea, leaving dozens injured but no fatalities.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 07:40PM

Lion Air plane crashes off Bali coast

DENPASAR: A plane carrying more than 130 passengers overshot the runway at Bali airport and went into the sea on Saturday but everybody on board survived, a transport ministry official said.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 04:37PM

First human H7N9 case in Beijing

BEIJING: A seven-year-old girl is Beijing's first human case of H7N9 bird flu, local authorities said on Saturday as China's outbreak of the disease spread to the capital.

Saturday 13 April 2013, 02:12PM

Songkran road toll rises to 101 across Thailand

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 13 April 2013, 02:07PM

BANGKOK: A total of 62 people were killed and 496 injured in 465 road accidents nationwide on Friday, the second of Songkran's 'seven dangerous days' (April 11-17), the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Saturday.

Phuket 7 days of danger opens with four accidents

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intusut will unfortunately not get his wish for the three zeroes fulfilled this year – Zero road accident, zero injuries and zero deaths during the Seven Days of Danger, starting yesterday (April 11).

Friday 12 April 2013, 06:28PM

Dead man found floating in Phuket waters