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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.

200 protest against new Phuket Provincial Hall plan

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 March 2013, 09:42PM

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.

Phuket: DSI to charge police station builders with fraud

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 March 2013, 05:33PM

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.

16 gamblers caught at Phuket cock fight

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 March 2013, 04:45PM

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).

Phuket road rage bus driver named

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 March 2013, 03:02PM

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.

New Hon Con for Pattaya announced

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 4 March 2013, 12:37PM

PATTAYA: British Ambassador Mark Kent announced on February 28 that Bert Elson had been appointed Honorary Consul to Pattaya.

Phuket Sea Gypsies lose first round of land fight

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 March 2013, 12:21PM

PHUKET: Seven members of the Sea Gypsy community in Rawai have lost the first round in what promises to be a long legal battle to continue living where they say they have lived for generations.

Fishing boat bursts into flame in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 4 March 2013, 12:06PM

PHUKET: An Indonesia fishing boat caught fire at the fishing boat pier in Rassada Port at about 5:15pm on Saturday afternoon (March 2)

Health plans for foreigners in Thailand under review

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 4 March 2013, 09:57AM

BANGKOK: The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday revealed it was seeking appropriate forms of health insurance for foreigners in preparation for the formation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.

British queen hospitalised with gastroenteritis

Phuket News / World

Monday 4 March 2013, 09:48AM

UK: Britain's 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II spent Sunday night in hospital after being admitted for the first time in 10 years as a precautionary measure against the symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Australian climate on 'steroids' after hottest summer

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 4 March 2013, 09:31AM

AUSTRALIA: Australia's weather went 'on steroids' over a summer that saw an unprecedented heatwave, bushfires and floods, the climate chief said Monday, warning that global warming would only make things worse.

Australia's Fairfax newspapers go tabloid

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 4 March 2013, 09:30AM

SYDNEY: Australian broadsheet newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on Monday ditched their century-old format for tabloid in a major overhaul at ailing media giant Fairfax.

Panty thief arrested over strangling

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 4 March 2013, 01:01AM

PATHUM THANI: A man who told police he broke into a 20-year-old student's apartment in Pathum Thani to steal her underwear on Friday has allegedly confessed to killing her after she caught him in the act.

Thailand in landmark ivory pledge

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 4 March 2013, 12:58AM

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised Sunday to end her nation's trade in ivory, delighting conservationists who have long urged the kingdom to tackle the rampant smuggling of tusks through its territory.

Sukhumbhand wins, Pheu Thai concedes defeat in Bangkok election

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 3 March 2013, 08:25PM

BANGKOK: MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra of the Democrat Party has won Sunday's Bangkok governor election with a record-high number of votes, as his Pheu Thai rival, Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, conceded defeat.

Pistol-toting bus driver arrested in Phuket - report

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 3 March 2013, 03:56PM

PHUKET: Phuket police have reportedly arrested the man who allegedly held a pistol to the head of a Phuket mother last weekend in a road rage incident.

Myleene Klass spotted in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 3 March 2013, 11:52AM

PHUKET: British popstar Myleene Klass has been spotted enjoying herself on a night out in Patong.

Seven nabbed in B312m drug bust

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 2 March 2013, 07:26PM

SAMUT PRAKAN: Police have arrested seven drug suspects and seized 800,000 methamphetamine pills, worth 240 million baht in street value, and 16 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine worth 72 million baht.

Bomb kills two, wounds 12 in Thai south

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 2 March 2013, 07:23PM

YALA: Two security officials died and 12 people were wounded in a blast in Thailand's south on Saturday, an army spokesman said, as unrest continued despite plans for talks with a key rebel group.

DNP boss promotes species conservation in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 1 March 2013, 06:38PM

PHUKET: Arriving in Phuket yesterday in connection with the Sirinart National Park encroachment investigation, the new Director-General of the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) took the opportunity to promote Thailand’s view on the international Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

The Big List: The sky is falling

Phuket News / Weird World

Friday 1 March 2013, 06:08PM

THE BIG LIST: Although meteor strikes like the one in Russia last month are thankfully rare, hundreds of smaller meteors hit the earth every day. Most are just pieces of rubble that burn up as they enter the atmosphere – but many do get through.

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