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BANGKOK: The meeting between Thai and Cambodian officials at Preah Vihear on Tuesday had no implications for the legal fight over the disputed area between Thailand and Cambodia, Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said after the talks.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 04:40PM

Phuket talent on show at Laguna

PHUKET: British International School (BIS) student 15-year-old Siska Greene won the Youth Talent Competition on Sunday (March 3), held at Laguna as part of the Phuket Community Foundation’s Rubber Duck Race event.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 03:07PM

93-year old Australian accused of child rape in Thailand

CHIANG MAI: A 93-year-old Australian man accused of raping four young Thai sisters in one of the worst child sex abuse cases investigated in Thailand is likely never to face justice.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:31PM

Phuket Opinion: Phuket Governor Maitree Intusut

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:19PM

PHUKET: This month I want to discuss three issues: Phuket’s transport projects, the Phuket International Airport, and work permits and visas for foreigners on the island.

Sri Lanka bars foreigners from owning any land

BANGKOK: Thailand, as readers will know, does not allow foreigners to own land. Sri Lanka, however, has long allowed foreign ownership.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:11PM

Bangkok boom attracts new property players

BANGKOK: The property boom has drawn new developers, who have shifted from other businesses, along with long-dormant property groups, to launch projects in and outside Bangkok.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:09PM

TOT deal to usher in digital TV

BANGKOK: Thailand’s state-owned telecommunications company, TOT, has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with three terrestrial TV stations to help usher in digital broadcasting and do away with analog.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:08PM

AirAsia heading for India

INDIA: With Kingfisher out of the way, AirAsia is planning to move its low-cost model into India, submitting an application to India’s investment regulators for a new airline venture, which it hopes to launch by the end of the year.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:06PM

Thai govt to lower guide levels

THAILAND: A government committee on tourism problems has approved in principle a proposal to lower the minimum education level required for Thais to become tour guides to Grade 9.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:05PM

Phuket hotel accepts Chinese bank card

PHUKET: With an increasing number of guests from China visiting Phuket every year, local businesses are making adjustments.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:03PM

Beijing busiest Asian airport, Bangkok fifth

BANGKOK: According to the recently released ACI Passenger and Freight Flash Reports, Asia Pacific airports finished the year with a strong 7.1 per cent increase in passenger numbers.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 12:02PM

Phuket: Thailand Property Awards launched

BANGKOK: The eighth annual Thailand Property Awards were officially launched last week at a special event hosted by organisers Ensign Media Ltd.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 11:58AM

Wombs for rent: Indian surrogate mothers tell their tales

Phuket News / Asia

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 11:41AM

NEW DELHI: As baby Lili celebrates her first birthday in Australia, far away in India her surrogate mother recalls the day the child was born – and on whom she never laid eyes.

Chavez breathing woes worsen: govt

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 11:37AM

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a 'new and severe' infection that has worsened his breathing as he undergoes intensive chemotherapy, the government said late Monday.

Yingluck says she 'sometimes' thinks like her brother

STOCKHOLM: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Monday during a visit to Stockholm that she 'sometimes' thinks like her brother, the controversial and exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

Tuesday 5 March 2013, 11:13AM

200 protest against new Phuket Provincial Hall plan

PHUKET: A group of around 200 local people gathered late this morning at the Phuket Provincial Hall to protest about plans to build a new provincial hall.

Monday 4 March 2013, 09:42PM

Phuket: DSI to charge police station builders with fraud

PHUKET: The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will bring fraud charges against PCC Development and Construction Co (PCC) after receiving complaints from 20 companies subcontracted by PCC to build police stations nationwide, including in Phuket.

Monday 4 March 2013, 05:33PM

16 gamblers caught at Phuket cock fight

PHUKET: Sixteen people were arrested for cockfighting and gambling in a raid on a cock fight in Baan Bangla in Pa Khlok yesterday afternoon (March 3).

Monday 4 March 2013, 04:45PM

Phuket road rage bus driver named

PHUKET: Bus driver Sanchai Putpong has denied pointing a gun at a Phuket woman driver on February 23, but admitted carrying the gun and damaging her car window with it.

Monday 4 March 2013, 03:02PM

New Hon Con for Pattaya announced