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PHUKET: Around 10 rai of Forest Reserve on Pu Wa Hill in the Kamala mountain range in Kathu have been found illegally demolished, with valuable agarwood trees cut down.

Monday 8 April 2013, 07:16PM

Three Chinese ‘ripped off on Phuket bike rental’

PHUKET: Three Chinese tourists have faced problems with motorcycle rental companies in the past week, the Chinese Vice-Consul in Songkhla, Qin Jian, told The Phuket News today.

Monday 8 April 2013, 07:08PM

Battle lines drawn over new Phuket Provincial Hall

PHUKET: Stout opposition to the proposed new Provincial Hall was voiced at a public meeting at the Phuket Merlin Hotel on Friday (April 5), with opponents vociferously unhappy that they will be losing their tennis courts and the Sanam Chai playing fields along Surin Rd.

Monday 8 April 2013, 06:13PM

Foreign man found dead in suspicious circumstances on Pattaya Highway 7

PATTAYA: A foreign man whose age, name, and nationality cannot be confirmed at this point, was found dead in the middle of the Pattaya-bound carriageway of Highway 7 in East Pattaya on Friday Night and he is not thought to have been killed in a road accident.

Monday 8 April 2013, 08:52AM

How to beat the blistering Thailand heat

BANGKOK: The sweltering weather poses few problems for people working indoors or in air-conditioned workplaces, but for many people who have to work outside, it takes some creativity to beat the heat.

Monday 8 April 2013, 08:42AM

Phuket medics join Bird Flu alert

PHUKET: Hospitals in Phuket and around Thailand are on high alert for tourist-borne cases of the H7N9 virus, which has claimed a sixth victim in China.

Sunday 7 April 2013, 04:02PM

China to open disputed islands to tourism

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Sunday 7 April 2013, 03:35PM

HAINAN: China is to open disputed South China Sea islands up to tourism this month, state media reported Sunday, a move likely to inflame a long-running territorial row with its neighbours.

Massacre reports sparked by sound of bushfire, say Thai Army

KRA BURI: The army yesterday said that the account it gave the media about a deadly border clash on Friday between an unidentified group of Thai men and Myanmar soldiers was false.

Sunday 7 April 2013, 02:46PM

7.1-magnitude quake rocks Papua

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Saturday 6 April 2013, 01:07PM

JAYAPURA: A major 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of Papua on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, sending panicked crowds running into the streets.

Thais accused of patrol massacre

RANONG: Myanmar authorities have asked Thailand to keep tabs on six Thais who are now receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Chumphon province for allegedly being involved in the killing of 13 Myanmar soldiers.

Saturday 6 April 2013, 12:43PM

DSI collect ‘ancient bone’ from Phuket village

PHUKET: A team from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), led by Pol Lt Col Prawut Wongseenil, today (April 5) visited the Rawai Sea Gypsy village to collect the bone found there recently, which will be taken to Bangkok for forensic examination.

Friday 5 April 2013, 06:10PM

Burglar trashes Phuket tax office

PHUKET: It’s logical, really: if you want to steal a load of money, you go to the place that should have lots of it – the tax office.

Friday 5 April 2013, 05:50PM

Phuket: Kata/Karon tuk-tuk drivers: ‘We will block the road’

PHUKET: Kata and Karon tuk-tuk drivers have confirmed in a meeting they will “definitely” block the road to stop the new airport buses entering Patong, Karon and Kata, and have officially put on record their opposition to the proposed airport bus service.

Friday 5 April 2013, 04:56PM

India’s billionaire club slow to share wealth

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Friday 5 April 2013, 03:56PM

MUMBAI: They may build skyscraper mansions, travel by private jet and throw sumptuous wedding parties, but it seems India’s super-rich are much slower at opening their wallets for charity.

Phuket: Sansiri launches new project next to BIS

PHUKET: Bangkok giant Sansiri on Monday (March 25) launched yet another development in Phuket, Burasiri Koh-Kaew.

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:46PM

High praise for strong ethics

Kanokkorn Pruksakit, Sales Manager of Vijitt Paisarn Co, received the Thai Chamber of Commerce Business Ethics Standard Test Award, presented by Dr Sumet Tantivejkul, Secretary General to Chaipattana Foundation, at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok on March 18.

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:35PM

Pantip Plaza ‘to clean up piracy’

BANGKOK: Shops in Bangkok’s Pantip Plaza that sell illegal software and pirated music and movie VCDs and DVDs will see their leases expire in September, says the operator.

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:34PM

B2tn plan ‘sure to be corrupt’ but many still back it: poll

BANGKOK: Three-quarters of people polled on the government’s B2.2-trillion plan for infrastructure development expect there to be corruption, but more than half still approved of the plan, the National Institution of Development Administration (NIDA) announced after completing a poll last week.

Friday 5 April 2013, 03:33PM

TAT to give push to bicycle tourism