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PHUKET: People on Phuket don’t seem to have too many good things to say about Russian tour company, Pegas Touristik these days.

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The dark side of Songkran: The danger on Phuket's roads

PHUKET: Songkran’s not all fun and games, as Nattha Thepbamrung discovers speaking to the forgotten victims of road crashes during the holidays

Why Phuket needs the Russians

PHUKET: A Russian guest was so happy recently with the service at a swanky restaurant, where he had been dining with his family, that at the end of the meal he threw a wad of baht notes into the air as a tip for the Thai staff.

Phuket: Is working in human resources a dangerous job?

PHUKET: Phuket murder illuminates violence done to hotel management staff, reports Tanyaluk Sakoot.

At one with nature

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 10 September 2011, 06:58AM

PHUKET VILLAGE OF THE WEEK: At the foot of Khao Luang mountain, covered with a tropical evergreen forest in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand, there is a small village where local have continued living alongside nature.

Pyramid of pain - Is Phuket drowning in drugs?

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 3 September 2011, 08:48AM

PHUKET: More and more frequently police on Phuket are busting small dope rings on the island, and recently the amounts of drugs seized have been increasing.

Gone fishin'

Phuket News / Features

Tuesday 30 August 2011, 04:33AM

PHUKET: The fishing line suddenly becomes very taut and looks in real danger of breaking.

A strong bond from Phuket's past

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 27 August 2011, 08:44AM

GRANDPA YARNS: They first met in their childhood in the main market of the town.

Lessons of the past in Thalang

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 27 August 2011, 08:24AM

PHUKET VILLAGE OF THE WEEK: Visit Thalang, in northern Phuket, and take a step back in time to one of the most history-rich districts in Phuket.

Phuket's victims of neglect and prejudice

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 27 August 2011, 06:32AM

PHUKET: It’s late afternoon and the weekend market is crowded with shoppers, wandering from stall to stall, maybe buying, maybe browsing – chatting with friends, bantering with stall holders.

Fighting with the best

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 20 August 2011, 03:54AM

PHUKET: For years tourists have been heading to Phuket for sun, sand and surf. But in the last decade or so, increasing numbers of tourists have arrived to study Muay Thai, or traditional Thai boxing.

GRANDPA YARNS: An heir of mystery

Phuket News / Features

Friday 12 August 2011, 05:14AM

PHUKET GRANDPA YARNS: “Draw me a cartoon,” Sirintra Yayee once told her friend in class. “Can you teach me how to draw? I want to be a good artist like you.”

VoW: Strong community ties

Phuket News / Features

Friday 12 August 2011, 04:40AM

PHUKET VILLAGE OF THE WEEK: The tight knit community of Baan Gett-Ho is only a few minutes away from Phuket Town. You might drive past the area not knowing this place has such effective management and very strong community values.

PHUKET CAREERS: Happier in academia

Phuket News / Features

Friday 5 August 2011, 09:04AM

PHUKET: Oraphan Leenithikul, lecturer in International Business at Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, sits back, smiles and says she is happy at her work.

MY CAR: A Mr Bean dream

Phuket News / Features

Friday 5 August 2011, 08:44AM

PHUKET: “This car is my teenage dream,” Sareepab ‘Pai’ Meekaewnoi said when asked why he chose his Rover Mini 1994 over a newer model.

The ghost of Phuket Thaihua

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 30 July 2011, 02:23AM

GRANDPA YARNS: “Look!” a grade-four boy exclaimed when he peeked through the hole in the school’s ceiling. “There’s an owl perching on the roof’s beam.”

Training to save lives on Phuket

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 30 July 2011, 01:58AM

PHUKET: Phuket’s monsoon season brings with it high waves, strong currents, and regular rescues by Phuket’s lifeguards.

Caffari: I’d love to return for Phuket Raceweek

Phuket News / Features

Friday 29 July 2011, 03:23AM

PHUKET: When The Phuket News meets Dee Caffari for the first time in the lounge area at the Evason Six Senses Resort and Spa, it’d very quickly apparent how easy it is to forget how much this remarkable woman has achieved in her life.

VoW: Dawn at Naiharn, Phuket

Phuket News / Features

Friday 29 July 2011, 02:13AM

PHUKET VILLAGE OF THE WEEK: A young blonde muscular man in muay thai boxing shorts, his muscles bulging out of his T-shirt, is on his early morning jog along the empty road. A Western woman cycles gingerly, exercising or heading to the Lotus supermarket around the corner. A thin farang pulls up on his scooter and buys a big bunch of bananas, for breakfast.

Fair share of trouble for Phuket holidayers

Phuket News / Features

Tuesday 26 July 2011, 01:54AM

PHUKET: It seemed like a good deal. Rahul Prasad, a 26-year-old doctor from New Zealand, was nearing the end of his Phuket holiday with wife, Shweta, when they were approached by two men on the street in Kata.

PHUKET CAREERS: No business like show business

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 23 July 2011, 02:42AM

PHUKET: Director of Phuket Academy of Dance, Karen Maciver, said her mother was the inspiration for everything she has achieved in the world of dance.

VoW: Phuket's traditional Thalang Rd

Phuket News / Features

Saturday 23 July 2011, 02:15AM

PHUKET VILLAGE OF THE WEEK: Phuket may be popular for its sea, sand and sun, but during the past couple of years the island’s culture and architecture have become better known both to Thai and international tourists.

The Rescue: How a Phuket mother's intuition saved her child

Phuket News / Features

Tuesday 19 July 2011, 03:18AM

PHUKET: To Elizabeth, the warning signs were intuitively obvious. Her son, 14-year-old TC (not his real name), came home early – 2:30 in the afternoon when she expected him at 3. He was bouncy and cheerful. “Mum, I’m just going straight up to my room to revise.”

MY CAR: Man's domain

Phuket News / Features

Friday 15 July 2011, 06:54AM

PHUKET: There was an up side to Bhaitoon Phitaktam’s purchase of his red 1975 Alfa Romeo 2000 – his wife won’t drive it.

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