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PHUKET: A 23-year-old solider based in the Thai military in Sattaheep, Chonburi, killed himself in Phuket last night (January 11) after escaping from the navy base in the area.

Saturday 12 January 2013, 03:27PM

Australian tourist found dead in Phuket

PHUKET: A 45-year-old Australian tourist was found dead at a Patong hotel in Phuket around 4pm yesterday, after police say he overdosed on medicine.

Saturday 12 January 2013, 03:08PM

Mum sells child bride for B2,000

LOP BURI: A mother forced her 13-year-old daughter to marry a 34-year-old man who paid a bride price of 2,000 baht, The Pavena Foundation for Women and Children (Pavena) reported on Frida

Saturday 12 January 2013, 10:54AM

Rayong man swallows B3m in drugs

RAYONG: Police on Friday arrested a man who swallowed 52.5 grammes of crystal methamphetamines (ya ice) and 22.5 grammes of cannabis, with a combined street value of about 3 million baht.

Saturday 12 January 2013, 10:52AM

Govt moves to help detained Rohingya

BANGKOK: Authorities have pledged to look after the 704 Rohingya migrants rounded up in two raids.

Saturday 12 January 2013, 10:42AM

Phuket Town flooding cures could cost up to B2bn

PHUKET: Huge tunnel systems costing as much as B2 billion are among proposals to solve rainy-season flooding woes in Phuket Town and neighbouring areas.

Friday 11 January 2013, 06:37PM

Thailand no longer top rice exporter

Thailand lost its status as the world’s top rice exporter last year as a result of the controversial rice pledging scheme, being overtaken by India and Vietnam, an industry group said last Friday (January 4).

Friday 11 January 2013, 04:22PM

Phuket paint shop worker shot in head

PHUKET: An employee of a paint shop in Phuket Town is in a coma in the Vachira Hospital ICU after being shot in the head last night (January 10).

Friday 11 January 2013, 04:22PM

Russians, Japanese and Chinese take on Boeing and Airbus

The Russians, Japanese and now Chinese are set to take on aviation giants Boeing and Airbus with new home-grown commercial regional jet airliners capable of landing loads of tourists at Phuket airport.

Friday 11 January 2013, 04:15PM

Bangkok Airways, Emirates boost flights

PHUKET: Bangkok Airways is to double its Bangkok-Krabi service to twice a day from March 31 and increase its Bangkok-Mandalay service from three flights a week to four, starting September 16.

Friday 11 January 2013, 04:02PM

TAT predicts B2tn from tourism next year

PHUKET: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is expecting to see at least B2 trillion revenue from tourism industry in 2013 – roughly equivalent to 18 per cent of gross domestic product.

Friday 11 January 2013, 03:24PM

Good news and bad for Thailand in surveys

It’s the time of year for surveys, and Thailand, as usual, scores well in some and really badly in others.

Friday 11 January 2013, 03:21PM

US judge orders trial for cinema massacre suspect

Phuket News / World

Friday 11 January 2013, 02:04PM

US: The alleged gunman in the Colorado cinema massacre of 12 people is due to be arraigned for trial Friday, after testimony this week gave harrowing new details of the slaughter.

Bloody day for Pakistan as blasts kill 114

Phuket News / World

Friday 11 January 2013, 01:59PM

PAKISTAN: A string of bombings in Pakistan including a twin suicide attack on a snooker hall used by Shiite Muslims has left 114 people dead, in one of the deadliest days to hit the nation in years.

Mexican grandfather locked grandson in box: official

Phuket News / World

Friday 11 January 2013, 01:59PM

MEXICO: A Mexican grandfather kept his seven-year-old grandson locked up in a wooden box with his feet tied in the southern state of Oaxaca, prosecutors said Thursday.

China's one-child policy makes kids risk-averse: study

Phuket News / Asia

Friday 11 January 2013, 01:55PM

CHINA: China's one-child policy has created a generation which is less trusting, more risk-averse and perhaps less likely to become entrepreneurs, according to new Australian research released Friday.

Thailand to deport 400 Rohingya migrants after raid

BANGKOK: Around 400 Rohingya migrants discovered in a raid on a camp hidden in a remote rubber plantation in southern Thailand will be deported back to Myanmar, Thai police said Friday.

Friday 11 January 2013, 12:23PM

Phuket Opinion: Comrades in arms

Phuket News / Opinion

Tuesday 1 January 2013, 12:23PM

PHUKET: The story earlier this week about the conflict between Thai and Russian businesspeople on the island has raised many interesting points about Russian people living in Phuket.

Phuket policemen’s ball sparks complaints

PHUKET: A concert to raise money to develop the new Karon Police Station in Phuket may not go ahead after many local people complained that they had had their arms twisted to buy tickets for the event at B1,000 apiece.

Friday 11 January 2013, 12:03PM

Mother dolphin dies in Phuket, baby at risk