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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.

Monday 7 January 2013, 01:23PM

Megaparty never again, say Phuket tourist bodies

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).

Monday 7 January 2013, 12:50PM

Phuket people slam Russian businesses

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.

Monday 7 January 2013, 12:21PM

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

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.

Monday 7 January 2013, 11:19AM

Eight hurt in Phuket pickup smash

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.

Monday 7 January 2013, 10:11AM

Honest Phuket man returns lost wallet

PHUKET: Phuket man Songsak Mungmat was walking along the road in Chalong on Sunday (January 7) afternoon when he noticed a wallet lying on the ground, containing B10,000.

Monday 7 January 2013, 10:08AM

All's well that ends well for Phuket foal

PHUKET: A four month-old female foal was rescued after hours of being stuck in a well in the Thalang district on Friday.

Sunday 6 January 2013, 04:09PM

‘Lost in Thailand’ becomes highest-grossing Chinese film ever

CHINA: Comedy caper “Lost in Thailand” has become the highest-grossing Chinese film ever with over 1 billion yuan (B5 billion) in box office earnings.

Sunday 6 January 2013, 03:45PM

Smuggled motorcycles fuel a burgeoning black market

MYANMAR: Unlike most Southeast Asian cities, Myanmar’s former capital of Yangon is remarkably free of whining motorcycles and scooters _ thanks to a gang of thugs and a high-profile case of road rage. The ban was introduced a decade ago when a motorcycle gang known as the Scorpions, made up of young men from families of the elite and which had affiliations with the grandsons of the late dictator Ne Win, ventured near the motor convoy of Vice-Senior General Maung Aye in Yangon.

Sunday 6 January 2013, 11:49AM

Ladyboy thief arrested in Pattaya

PATTAYA: A ladyboy looking to raise funds so he could undergo a silicon breast implant procedure who allegedly drugged and robbed millions of baht from a Russian resident in Pattaya has now been arrested.

Saturday 5 January 2013, 02:59PM

Govt warns against defying ICJ ruling

THAILAND: Thais should be wary of the consequences if they want to defy the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the Preah Vihear temple, the Foreign Ministry warned Friday.

Saturday 5 January 2013, 02:51PM

Drug-fuelled gunman kills seven in Philippines

KAWIT, PHILIPPINES: A gunman with a semi-automatic pistol killed seven people and wounded 11 others during a drug-fuelled rampage in a slum near the Philippine capital on Friday, authorities said.

Friday 4 January 2013, 10:26PM

Phuket seeks B670m for garbage problems

PHUKET: Island authorities are to apply to Bangkok for massive spending to keep up with the increasing amount of garbage on the island.

Friday 4 January 2013, 06:49PM

Phuket V/Gov inspects mangrove ‘encroachment’

PHUKET: Officials led by Vice-Governor Somkiat Sangkhaosutthirak yesterday (January 3) went to inspect land on the banks of Klong Mudong, Chalong, after complaints of illegal land encroachment in the mangrove forest.

Friday 4 January 2013, 05:29PM

Rawai fish pirate arrested

PHUKET: A Rawai man was arrested yesterday evening (January 3) in possession of 349 exotic fish and 117 pieces of live coral, all taken from the wild.

Friday 4 January 2013, 04:18PM

Car dream may be nightmare

BANGKOK: Some 1.3 million new cars from the first-time car buyer scheme will be roving the streets in 2013.

Friday 4 January 2013, 02:23PM

'Don't Be Evil': US slams planned North Korea visit by Google boss

The United States on Thursday criticized a planned visit to North Korea by Google chairman Eric Schmidt, calling it ill-timed in the wake of Pyongyang’s widely condemned rocket launch last month.

Friday 4 January 2013, 11:41AM

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