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PATTAYA: Late on Wednesday night, Pattaya’s Tourist Police dealt with two Indian medical students who were forced by a group of jet ski operators to hand over the equivalent of B45,000 in cash for minor damage the pair were alleged to have caused to jet skis they had rented earlier in the day.

Thursday 6 June 2013, 03:00PM

NEWS TODAY June 6

Putting Patong Power underground. A new shopping centre near Heroine's Monument. 'V for Vendetta' meets Thai politics. Your responses from yesterday's Bus crash in Patong.

Thursday 6 June 2013, 01:25PM

Phuket crackdown on foreign guest reporting pays off

PHUKET: A drive to get hotels and guesthouses on the island to conform with the law and report details of foreign guests staying with them is paying off, say Immigration Police.

Thursday 6 June 2013, 12:09PM

Australian tourist in Bali died dragged by current during heavy rain

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Thursday 6 June 2013, 10:07AM

BALI: An Australian tourist, Joanne Louise Randall, age 40, died as she slipped and was dragged by strong currents of a gutter in Kuta, Bali when rain was pouring heavily on Sunday (May 26).

Frenchman stabbed on Pattaya beach

PATTAYA: French national Rashea Thalmaboudi, 57, reported to the Pattaya police station covered in blood.

Thursday 6 June 2013, 10:03AM

Russian woman self-harms as she confronts husband at his Pattaya restaurant

PATTAYA: A Russian woman confronted her husband at his Jomtien Beach restaurant in Pattaya early on Monday morning over their recent split due to him meeting another woman.

Thursday 6 June 2013, 09:59AM

Frenchman in Samui goes crazy after wife abandons him

SAMUI: A French man went 'crazy' after he was abandoned by his wife. He ran into a bar naked and started destroyed everything within the premises.

Thursday 6 June 2013, 09:51AM

King’s image survives Phuket fire

PHUKET: Firemen were called to a house in Soi Udomsuk off Sakdidet Rd in Wichit this afternoon after the owner went out leaving a candle burning, which started a fire.

Wednesday 5 June 2013, 05:22PM

NEWS TODAY June 5

Phuket's Governor returns from nice trip to Nice, France. Incredible footage of a bus out of control down Patong Hill. Campaigners want slow loris touts prosecuted. And the new iPhone 6.. or is it??

Wednesday 5 June 2013, 04:10PM

Australian farmer files B15m fraud charge against Thai fiance

SONGKHLA: An angry Australian man took a direct flight to Thailand to file charges against his former Thai girlfriend, accusing her of defrauding him of more than B15 million (US$500,000), police said.

Wednesday 5 June 2013, 04:07PM

Thai Watsadu coming to Phuket

PHUKET: Giant construction materials and home equipment company Thai Watsadu, part of the Central empire, will be open a huge store in Phuket soon, about 500 metres north of the Heroines Monument.

Wednesday 5 June 2013, 03:03PM

Wide Phuket support for Patong cable burying project

PHUKET: A public hearing on Monday (June 3) to get local views about a long-awaited plan to bury the power cables running along Patong’s sea front road, Thaweewong Rd, met with general approval.

Wednesday 5 June 2013, 12:46PM

White mask anti-government protest to be staged in Phuket

PHUKET: Opponents of the government are to stage a “white mask” protest on Sunday (June 9) at around 5pm at Saphan Hin.

Wednesday 5 June 2013, 11:36AM

Brakeless Pegas bus slams into Phuket house [VIDEO]

PHUKET: Five Russian tourists were slightly injured just after 6pm when the Pegas Touristik tour bus they were riding in went out of control in Patong, near the bottom of Patong Hill, and crashed into a house.

Tuesday 4 June 2013, 07:23PM

Phuket burglars rob tattoo shop

PHUKET: Burglars pried open the door of a tattoo shop in Patong in the early hours of Sunday (June 2) and stole items worth B100,000.

Tuesday 4 June 2013, 06:46PM

Deputy PM riles people of Phuket

PHUKET: Controversial and outspoken Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi is once again in hot water, this time with the people of Phuket.

Tuesday 4 June 2013, 06:28PM

Thailand sees record income from movies

Thailand earned a record B671.43 million from on-location film shoots in January to April this year, according to a Ministry of Tourism and Sports’ Thailand Film Office Department.

Tuesday 4 June 2013, 06:15PM

Phuket Business: Structured investment hazards

PHUKET: The past few years have seen an explosion in the number of structured investment products launched by banks worldwide and aimed at expatriates and other international investors in the region.

Tuesday 4 June 2013, 06:11PM

Big drive for more medical tourists

BANGKOK: Travel agents are calling for Thailand to improve its medical tourism by adding new services and maintaining its high treatment standards.

Tuesday 4 June 2013, 06:08PM

Phuket's Naka resort receives awards