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4 plots of Phuket land checked - all illegal

PHUKET: As part of an ongoing investigation into land encroachment on the island, Pol Lt Gen Jutti Thammanovanich, Head of the Special Unit of the Ministry of Interior came down from Bangkok to investigate land plots in the Patong, Kathu and Kamala areas today.

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US carrier Nimitz due to visit Phuket

PHUKET: The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is due to visit Phuket on May 28, anchoring in Makham Bay off the deep sea port.

PHUKET IN FOCUS This week's The Phuket News

Behind the news of this week's main stories in The Phuket News. Executive Editor, Alasdair Forbes on 'Phuket in Focus'.

Phuket Navy joins disaster exercise in Satun

PHUKET: A patrol boat and crew from the Phuket base of the Royal Thai Navy Third Fleet joined relevant government departments yesterday (May 16) in a full-scale marine disaster exercise off Pak Bara Pier in Satun Province.

Japanese man sets new record for old age

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 8 January 2013, 09:45AM

WEIRD WORLD: Until a few weeks ago, 115-year-old Jiroemon Kimura was merely the world’s oldest man – now he’s added two more titles to his belt.

Man saved by shot of alcohol to the heart

Phuket News / Weird World

Tuesday 8 January 2013, 09:44AM

WEIRD WORLD: As doctors warned of the dangers of over-indulging in booze this festive season, a British man has the demon drink to thank for his survival – after medics attempted a radical treatment to shock his ailing heart back to life.

Thailand to extradite hacker wanted by the FBI

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 7 January 2013, 06:24PM

BANGKOK: An Algerian computer hacker wanted by the FBI for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from American banks to fund a lavish lifestyle has been arrested in Bangkok, Thai police said Monday.

Was the Phuket Sydictive megaparty worth it in the end?

Phuket News / Features

Monday 7 January 2013, 05:44PM

PHUKET: The Sydictive New Year’s megaparty finally happened. But was it all worth it? Alasdair Forbes and Nattha Thepbamrung analyse the event in its aftermath.

Myanmar gets steamed up by sex education magazine

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 7 January 2013, 03:44PM

MYANMAR: With its glossy pages of pouting models and racy romance tips, Myanmar's first sex education magazine has got the usually demure nation hot under the collar as it cashes in on new-found cultural freedom.

2012 deadliest year in Karachi for two decades

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 7 January 2013, 03:21PM

PAKISTAN: Pakistan's financial hub Karachi saw its deadliest year in two decades in 2012, with around 2,000 people killed in violence linked to ethnic and political tensions, raising fears for elections due this year.

Australia bracing for 'worst ever' fire danger

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 7 January 2013, 03:20PM

AUSTRALIA: Australians were bracing Monday for what officials warned could be the worst fire danger day ever seen, as police searched for some 100 people still missing in ravaged Tasmania.

Putin visits convent for Russian Orthodox Christmas

Phuket News / World

Monday 7 January 2013, 03:19PM

RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a convent as millions of Russians celebrated Orthodox Christmas overnight from Sunday, lighting candles at midnight services as church bells chimed.

Protesters gather at China newspaper in censorship row

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 7 January 2013, 03:19PM

CHINA: Protestors gathered Monday at the offices of a Chinese newspaper at the centre of a censorship row, in a rare public demonstration in support of media freedom in the country.

Delhi gang-rape suspects to appear in court

Phuket News / Asia

Monday 7 January 2013, 03:18PM

INDIA: Five men charged with the brutal gang-rape and murder of a student in New Delhi were set to appear in court Monday for the first time amid a heavy police presence and calls for them to be hanged.

Kasikornbank robbed again in Phuket

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 7 January 2013, 03:04PM

PHUKET: The Kasikornbank branch at the Tesco-Lotus mini-mall on Chao Fa East Rd, Phuket, was robbed again early this afternoon (January 7) by a gun-toting man who walked off with B260,000.

Second small airline hit by red tape

Phuket News / Business

Monday 7 January 2013, 02:24PM

BANGKOK: Hundreds of people lured by cheap tickets offered by Thai Regional Airlines (TRA) have been left in limbo after the carrier’s launch of regular services last week was aborted because the airline did not have an operating licence.

Mid-range property market 'poised to come back'

Phuket News / Business

Monday 7 January 2013, 02:20PM

PHUKET: The mid-range property market, which all over the world fell into a big hole following the 2008 global financial crisis, will come back in Thailand, predicts Nigel Cornick, former CEO of Raimon Land and now boss of new Pattaya-based development company Kingdom Property.

2012 ‘a golden year’ for tourism

Phuket News / Business

Monday 7 January 2013, 02:15PM

BANGKOK: Inbound tourists to Thailand hit a record of almost 22 million people this year, generating at least B900 billion, a prominent Thai tourism industry leader said this week.

AoT told to speed up Phuket airport expansion

Phuket News / Business

Monday 7 January 2013, 02:10PM

PHUKET: Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered construction of the extension of the Phuket International Airport terminal to be speeded up.

Passenger dragged from taxi by Bangkok driver

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 7 January 2013, 01:23PM

BANGKOK: A little over a week after Bangkok cabbies pledged to take part in the “Taxi Jai Dee” campaign, which aimed at no longer refusing to take passengers ‘short’ distances, a taxi driver is wanted for assaulting and dragging a passenger from his car.

Megaparty never again, say Phuket tourist bodies

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 7 January 2013, 12:50PM

PHUKET: Complaints about the Sydictive Element New Year Party continue to rumble on after the event, with representatives of the Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) and the Thai Hotels Association Southern Chapter (THA) airing their grumbles at a meeting with Governor Maitree Intusut on Friday (January 4).

Phuket people slam Russian businesses

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 7 January 2013, 12:21PM

PHUKET: A rowdy meeting on Friday afternoon (January 4) at the Karon Municipality offices condemned the business activities of Russians in the area which, local people say, are depriving them of their livelihoods.

Koh Phangan: 'Don’t go if you value your life'

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 7 January 2013, 11:19AM

KOH PHANGAN: A British man has told British newspaper The Sun how he almost died in a stabbing at the same spot where British tourist Stephen Ashton was shot dead on Koh Phangan on January 1.

Eight hurt in Phuket pickup smash

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 7 January 2013, 10:11AM

PHUKET: A pickup truck overshot a curve and overturned at Baan Tung Maphrao in Thalang District on Saturday (January 8), resulting in eight people being injured, four of them children.

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