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Foreigner found dead on Phuket beach

PHUKET: The body of a foreign man was found washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 this morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park.

Phuket: Crash, breakdown on Patong hill jam up traffic

PHUKET: Traffic is slow on both sides of the Patong hill this morning (May 21) after a small accident took place on one side and a six-wheeled truck broke down on the other at around 8am.

At least 51 dead in deadly Oklahoma tornado

WASHINGTON: A powerful tornado with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) per hour pulverized an Oklahoma City suburb Monday, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of homes. The death toll has risen to 51, US media said, citing the state medical examiner's office.

Japan marks second tsunami anniversary

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 11 March 2013, 05:18PM

JAPAN: People all over Japan bowed their heads in silence Monday as they remembered the almost 19,000 who died when a ferocious tsunami surged ashore two years earlier.

Main accused in Delhi gang-rape found dead in cell

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 11 March 2013, 05:17PM

NEW DELHI: The main accused in the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi last December was found dead in his prison cell Monday, prompting fury from the victim's family and accusations of murder.

Phuket Sydictive party boss to sue complainants

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 March 2013, 12:30PM

PHUKET: Jirat “Champ” Petnunthawong, MD of Sydictive Element, which staged the controversial New Year’s party on Patong Beach, has announced that he will bring civil and criminal defamation suits against complainants who held a press conference last Wednesday (March 6) in Bangkok.

Phuket: Rohingya ‘drowned, not shot’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 March 2013, 11:39AM

PHANG NGA: Two Rohingya refugees are confirmed as having drowned after jumping out of their overloaded boat in a panic sparked by Thai Navy sailors opening fire in an attempt to frighten them away from Thai waters.

Phuket Lifeguard Club joins forces with Surf Life Saving Australia

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 11 March 2013, 08:59AM

PHUKET: The Phuket Lifeguard Club (PLC) has joined with Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) to develop a public education programme and resource that aims to reduce drowning and improve water safety in Phuket.

Man using stolen credit cards caught

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 10 March 2013, 08:41PM

BANGKOK: Police on Sunday arrested a man accused of using stolen credit cards to buy goods in shopping malls.

Drug smuggler killed, 60,000 pills seized

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 10 March 2013, 08:38PM

CHIANG RAI: A drug smuggler was killed in a clash with the Pha Muang Task Force in the northern border province of Chiang Rai on Sunday during which 60,030 methamphetamine pills were seized.

Australia offers Indonesia Corby parole guarantees

Phuket News / Asia

Sunday 10 March 2013, 11:19AM

BALI: Australia on Sunday said it had offered Indonesia a formal guarantee that drug trafficker Schapelle Corby would comply with parole in a letter supporting her release from prison.

Depression affects 1.5m Thai people - study

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 9 March 2013, 08:56PM

BANGKOK: About 1.5 million Thai people aged over 15 years are suffering from depression, according to Narong Sahametapat, the permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry.

Don Mueang predicts leap in volume

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 9 March 2013, 03:15PM

BANGKOK: Don Mueang airport expects a quantum leap in passenger traffic and aircraft movements in the fiscal year ending Sept 30 now that the 99-year-old airfield has been reactivated as a fully functional facility.

Dokset’s Phuket murder trial adjourned

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 9 March 2013, 03:05PM

PHUKET: The trial of Norwegian Stein Havard Dokset, arrested last year after police found the rotting body of his ex-girlfriend in a garbage bin in his house, has been delayed .

Phuket: Rape claim dropped after tourist can't remember

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 9 March 2013, 01:15PM

KRABI: A rape claim involving a female tourist from the Netherlands on Phi Phi island has been dropped after the 'victim' confessed she cannot remember details of the alleged incident.

Pitfalls of catching Phuket’s animal touts

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 March 2013, 05:20PM

PHUKET: A variety of government bodies came together today (March 8), to hold a press conference to review action – or the apparent lack of it – against touts tempting tourists to have their photos taken with exotic animals.

Momentum grows for B1m Phuket skate park

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 8 March 2013, 05:02PM

PHUKET: A group of Phuket skaters are hoping to raise funds to build a state-of-the-art B1 million skate park to help bring the Phuket community together and provide a venue for the island’s skaters.

Rare comet visible over Thailand all week

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 8 March 2013, 04:14PM

BANGKOK: The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit) is encouraging people to try to catch a glimpse of an approaching comet that will be visible to the naked eye just once in a lifetime.

AirAsia's India entry wins investment panel approval

Phuket News / Business

Friday 8 March 2013, 08:40AM

NEW DELHI: Asia's largest low-cost carrier AirAsia won approval from India's foreign investment panel Wednesday to set up an airline in a joint venture with the giant Tata group, a government official said.

EU, Thailand launch free trade talks

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 8 March 2013, 08:39AM

BANGKOK: The European Union and Thailand on Wednesday announced the launch of talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), seeking to boost annual commerce already worth some 30 billion euros ($39 billion).

British activist fighting to avoid Thai jail term

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 8 March 2013, 08:37AM

BANGKOK: A British activist who could face up to seven years in a Thai prison for his investigation into alleged migrant labour abuses has decried the charges as a politically motivated attempt to silence him.

Lucky escape as stray bullet zips into woman’s Phuket home

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 05:05PM

PHUKET: Phuket woman 59-year-old Thayika Yotyoy had a close call yesterday evening (March 6) when a bullet missed her by millimetres as she stood inside the house in Rawai she shares with her sister and niece.

Phuket mob protests at sacking of teacher

Phuket News / Phuket

Thursday 7 March 2013, 03:43PM

PHUKET: Around 100 Muslim people, including students of the Muslim Wittaya School in Koh Kaew and members of the school’s foundation, gathered at the school this morning to protest at the sacking of a teacher.

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