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Taxi blockade at airport. Another protest - outside Governor's mansion. Dredging at Bang Tao Klong nearly complete.

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Thai aunt denies pimping girl in South Korea

BANGKOK: The aunt accused of luring her teenage niece into prostitution in South Korea has turned herself in, police investigating the case said yesterday.

Bomb kills five rangers in Thailand's restive south

BANGKOK: Five paramilitary rangers were killed and one other wounded in an ambush when suspected rebels detonated a bomb buried in a road in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south, local police said Friday.

The Big List: Ghost Towns

THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world.

Suspects deny harassing British tourist in India: lawyer

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 06:07PM

AGRA: Two men appeared in an Indian court Wednesday accused of harassing a British tourist who jumped off her hotel balcony fearing a sex attack, with their lawyer saying they denied the charges.

Phuket work permit crackdown starts April 14

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 05:45PM

PHUKET: Stringent checks on work permits, focusing on Russian, Nepali and Vietnamese people, in Kathu District will begin on April 14, Vice-Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosuthirak and Kathu District Officer Veera Keudsirimonkon announced yesterday (March 19) in a conference at Provincial Hall.

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 05:16PM

PHUKET: Archara Khanchanakub, co-owner of popular Cherng Talay restaurant The Slug and Lettuce, died in a car crash this morning.

Phuket police arrest 25 illegal immigrants in Chalong

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 01:10PM

PHUKET: Twenty-five illegal immigrants, originally from Sri Lanka, were rounded up this morning in Chalong.

Two dead, cop wounded in Phuket shootout

Phuket News / Phuket

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 12:15PM

PHUKET: Two people were shot dead and two others, including a member of the Tourist Police, were wounded in a shootout early this morning (March 20) in a boarding house near the local market in Sam Kong, Phuket Town.

Thailand to spend $68 bn on transport projects

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 11:57AM

BANGKOK: Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to spend $68 billion on a high-speed railway and other transportation mega projects to drive the nation's economic development.

US top court sides with Thai student in copyright row

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 11:54AM

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court sided Tuesday with a former Thai student who made $90,000 reselling text books bought abroad and sparked a copyright row with a publisher.

British tourist jumps out of Indian hotel window to 'escape being raped'

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 11:44AM

AGRA: A female British tourist jumped from a second floor hotel window in Agra to escape a potential rape attack, Indian police said yesterday.

Krabi tourists warned, beware of monkeys

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 20 March 2013, 09:29AM

KRABI: Authorities have put up signs on popular beaches in Krabi province, warning tourists to be wary of ill-behaved, hungry monkeys, a Thai Rath report said on Tuesday.

Taxi drivers ‘guarantee’ protest if new Phuket bus service begins

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 07:54PM

PHUKET: Taxi drivers in Karon have said they “will not allow” the planned new airport bus service to take their jobs, saying they “guarantee” protests if the buses start running.

Phuket eatery ordered demolished, owner says ‘Huh?’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 07:03PM

PHUKET: Arun Sorot, President of the Rawai OrBorTor has said the owner of the Marine Seafood restaurant, currently under reconstruction on the rocks at the southern end of Nai Harn Beach, has been ordered to demolish the concrete he has laid within 30 days.

Phuket cop hits ‘bribe’ woman with defamation complaint

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 06:54PM

PHUKET: An upright senior officer at the Phuket City police station has laid a complaint of criminal libel against a woman who, it is alleged, claimed he could be bribed to get a convicted felon out of Phuket Provincial Prison.

10 held in raid on Phuket ‘ice party’

Phuket News / Phuket

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:39PM

PHUKET: Ten people – four men and six women – were arrested in the early hours of yesterday while partying in a house in Baan Lipon, and charged with possession of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice). One was also charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm.

Money’s not everything for Phuket's OB Wetzell

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:27PM

PHUKET: It’s really no good trying to talk about money with Otho Beale Wetzell, known to his many Phuket friends as OB. Money isn’t really a factor in his definition of success.

Phuket Opinion: Tangled web we weave

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:16PM

THAILAND: Not only is Leonardo DiCaprio an award-winning actor, he's also an admirable philanthropist. But life is rarely fair.

Phuket Opinion: Skatepark deserves our full support

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:09PM

PHUKET: Those with the determination and vision to launch fundraising for what will hopefully become Phuket’s first skatepark should be praised.

Laguna Shores Phuket apartments 50pc booked

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:06PM

PHUKET: Laguna Property has begun selling units in the third wing of its Laguna Shores holiday apartment development, just three months after launching the project.

Consumer confidence highest for 19 months

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:01PM

BANGKOK: The consumer confidence index (CCI) rose from 81.7 in January to 84.0 for February, Thanavath Phonwichai, director of the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce has announced.

Yoo to go into hotel managing

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 05:00PM

PHUKET: International design firm yoo – headed by French designer Philippe Starck, British developer John Hitchcox, British interior designer Kelly Hoppen and designer Jade Jagger (daughter of Mick) – is moving into hospitality management.

Keeping an eye on teleworkers

Phuket News / Business

Tuesday 19 March 2013, 04:50PM

Telecommuting – having staff work at home, even in other countries, all linked via the Internet – is fine in theory. It reduces office space and office costs, and is good for the planet because it reduces the number of commuters.

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