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PHUKET: Phuket expatriate, Frenchman Marc Forestier, has been fined B4,000 by the Phuket District Court for filing a false report stating that he had been robbed.

Monday 15 April 2013, 10:04AM

Songkran day four: Still zero road deaths in Phuket

PHUKET: Four days into the “Seven Days of Danger” road accident period surrounding Songkran, Phuket is still mercifully free of deaths. Yesterday (April 14) there were just three reported accidents on the island, with three people injured.

Monday 15 April 2013, 09:52AM

Prachuab ‘disaster area’ after storms

PRACHUAB KHIRI KHAN: All districts in the upper south province of Prachuab Khiri Khan have been declared disaster areas after strong winds and rains ravaged many places on Saturday.

Monday 15 April 2013, 08:48AM

Phuket Bike Week begins in Patong

PHUKET: Phuket Bike Week kicked off in style today (April 14), with an impressive opening ceremony marking the start of the fun-filled week.

Sunday 14 April 2013, 09:35PM

China H7N9 bird flu spreads to new province

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 14 April 2013, 06:01PM

China's H7N9 bird flu virus spread to a new province on Sunday, with state media reporting two human cases in central Henan just west of the area where the disease was centred.

Bangkok Bank sees signs of Russia boom

BANGKOK: Bangkok Bank has seen greater business opportunities in trade finance with Russia in the face of bilateral trade talks.

Sunday 14 April 2013, 04:38PM

Asian gecko threatened by medicine trade

KUALA LUMPUR: Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.

Sunday 14 April 2013, 04:03PM

Teenagers among five dead in Belgian bus crash

Phuket News / World

Sunday 14 April 2013, 03:58PM

BRUSSELS: At least five people died and several were injured when a bus carrying Ukrainian and Russian teenagers crashed in northern Belgium, news media reported.

China's Weibo to expand into Thailand

BANGKOK: Weibo.com, the world's third-largest social media site, has selected Thailand as one of 10 countries in which it will expand this year.

Sunday 14 April 2013, 03:49PM

Booklets launched to help public understand AEC

BANGKOK: Two booklets have been published to help people prepare for the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2015.

Sunday 14 April 2013, 03:47PM

Filipino caught in Phuket with ice worth B24m

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