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ROTORUA: New Zealand has been riveted lately by the tale of a drug kingpin who built a methamphetamine empire on precursor drugs smuggled from Thailand, only to be brought down by his adultery with several wrong women.

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 08:42AM

Phuket officials join disaster relief exercise

PHUKET: Eight participants from the island arrived back in Phuket at the weekend after taking part in the four-day Asean Regional Forum Disaster Relief Exercise (ARF DiREx 2013), a regular exercise to boost preparedness for dealing with disasters.

Monday 13 May 2013, 05:35PM

Brit caught for 2-year Phuket overstay, and dope

PHUKET: Immigration police this morning arrested 45-year-old British man, Stephen Peering, on charges of exceeding his permit to stay by two years, and possession of marijuana.

Monday 13 May 2013, 04:55PM

Singapore says US scientist depressed, left suicide notes

SINGAPORE: A US high-tech researcher whose family claims he was murdered in Singapore was under treatment for depression and left suicide notes before he was found hanged, a public inquiry was told Monday.

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:54PM

Hong Kong transsexual wins fight to marry her boyfriend

HONG KONG: A transsexual woman in Hong Kong won a groundbreaking court appeal Monday allowing her to marry her boyfriend and forcing the government to re-write the city's marriage laws.

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:53PM

Off-campus hazing parties banned

BANGKOK: A ban has been imposed on off-campus parties for freshmen at all institutes under the Vocational Education Commission (VEC), Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana said on Monday.

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:52PM

Last 'Death Railway' Brit dies

The last British prisoner of war to work on the construction of the World War II 'Death Railway' between Thailand and Myanmar has died, aged 99.

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:46PM

Rubber boom fuelling land grabs in SE Asia: report

PHNOM PENH: Vietnamese rubber firms bankrolled by an arm of the World Bank and Germany's Deutsche Bank are driving a land-grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia, activists said Monday.

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:33PM

Pioneer US TV anchor Barbara Walters to retire

WASHINGTON: Barbara Walters, who in 1976 became the first woman to anchor one of the daily network television news shows, announced late Sunday that she will retire next year.

Monday 13 May 2013, 03:31PM

NEWS TODAY May 13

More airport taxi turmoil. Illegal logging near Phuket town. Officials checking baby elephants' DNA. PLUS 'Sunday Brunch' at Rivet & Rebar restaurant, Indigo Pearl.

Monday 13 May 2013, 02:57PM

Thief raids Phuket police station

PHUKET: A 24-year-old painter embarrassed police in Patong on Friday night (May 11) when he simply walked into the ground-floor police station office of the Deputy Superintendent for Investigations, Pol Lt Col Paisarn Sungthep, and walked off with a pistol and a laptop computer.

Monday 13 May 2013, 02:54PM

Phuket Opinion: Straying far from home

Phuket News / Opinion

Monday 13 May 2013, 11:01AM

PHUKET: Proverbial hats off to the Soi Dog Foundation for neutering their 50,000th dog as part of their 10-year-long sterilisation programme this week.

Branson debuts as AirAsia stewardess

KUALA LUMPUR: British billionaire Sir Richard Branson strutted his stuff as an AirAsia flight attendant yesterday (May 12), complete with fishnet stockings and figure-hugging red pencil skirt, false eyelashes – and his trademark beard.

Monday 13 May 2013, 09:21AM

Chon Buri's Bang Saen beach ruined by debris

CHON BURI: Bang Saen beach in Chon Buri is rapidly losing its appeal to beach-goers and holiday-makers as it becomes increasingly filthy from rubbish and debris, and dead fish wash up on the shore, according to a Khao Sod report.

Sunday 12 May 2013, 04:32PM

Political link likely in Thai Rath building attack

BANGKOK: Police are looking into whether Saturday morning's attack on the office of the Thai Rath newspaper is linked to the controversy surrounding its cartoonist's comments about the prime minister.

Sunday 12 May 2013, 04:31PM

Pope Francis canonises first saints of his reign

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday created the first saints of his reign, canonising some 800 Italian martyrs who refused to convert to Islam in the 15th century, as well as a Colombian and a Mexican who founded congregations.

Sunday 12 May 2013, 04:25PM

Damascus denies responsibility for Turkey bombings

DAMASCUS: A Syrian minister on Sunday denied accusations that Damascus was behind a bomb attack in a Turkish town that left dozens dead, a day after Ankara blamed supporters of President Bashar al-Assad for the blasts.

Sunday 12 May 2013, 04:24PM

S. Korea's presidency apologises for sex scandal

SEOUL: South Korea's presidential office apologised Sunday for an "very shameful" scandal involving a former senior official who was fired midway through President Park Geun-Hye's US visit.

Sunday 12 May 2013, 04:21PM

Bangladesh collapsed building death toll rises to 1,125

DHAKA: The death toll from the collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose to 1,125 on Sunday after 15 more bodies were found in the rubble overnight, 19 days after the disaster struck.

Sunday 12 May 2013, 04:20PM

Myanmar on alert as cyclone grows