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BANGKOK: Computer software glitches frustrated many couples trying to register their marriages Wednesday on the auspicious date of 12/12/12.

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:43PM

Ex-Thai PM to be charged with murder over protest death

BANGKOK: Thailand's former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva is set to be charged with murder on Thursday over the death of a civilian during a military crackdown on anti-government 'Red Shirt' rallies two years ago.

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:33PM

'Demolisher' launches first Thai green party

PHUKET: Damrong 'The Demolisher' Pidech, retired director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) yesterday registered what will effectively be the country’s first green political party – the Thai Forest Land Reclamation Party (FRP).

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:25PM

2013 ‘likely to be a dry year for Phuket’

PHUKET: Thailand’s Southeastern Meteorology Centre has warned that this coming year is likely to be a dry one for Southern Thailand.

Thursday 13 December 2012, 01:20PM

Yingluck to visit Pattani Thursday

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will travel to Pattani province in the far South on Thursday for meetings with teachers and other groups.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 06:27PM

Cambodian girl, 13, rescued from Phuket gang

PHUKET: A terrified 13-year-old Cambodian girl has been handed over to the Foundation for Children and Family after she was caught peddling flowers to tourists on Rat U Thit 200 Phi Rd, Patong, on Monday night (December 11).

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 05:48PM

Fiery Phuket reception for red-shirt leader Nattawut

PHUKET: Nattawut Saikua, the firebrand Red Shirt leader – who, in the days approaching the violent climax of the movement’s mass protest in January 2010, urged supporters to “Burn them, burn them all, folks” – arrived in Phuket this morning (December 12) to a small but fiery reception from a small group calling themselves “Local Phuket People”.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 04:51PM

Pirated items seized in Phuket are destroyed

PHUKET: Customs officials this afternoon (December 12) brought in a diesel roller to destroy 9,762 pirated products seized in recent raids.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 04:20PM

Western 'luk thung' singers to visit Phuket

Ravi Shankar: 'The Godfather of World Music'

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 02:05PM

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 01:55PM

INDIA: Ravi Shankar, who died on Tuesday aged 92, was the world's most famous sitar player, popularising classical Indian music abroad largely through his work with The Beatles' George Harrison.

End attacks on children in Thai south: UN

NARATHIWAT: The UN on Wednesday called for an end to violence against children in southern Thailand following the "senseless and unacceptable" shooting of a baby girl in a region racked by nine years of unrest.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 01:50PM

Fundraiser for cancer-stricken Phuket expat

PHUKET: Friends of well known Phuket sailor Kevin Ashby are holding a fundraising night on Friday (December 14) to raise money for his cancer treatment.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 11:44AM

UN launches major cholera appeal for Haiti

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 10:24AM

HAITI: The United Nations on Tuesday launched a $2.2 billion appeal for a campaign to halt a cholera epidemic in Haiti, widely blamed on UN peacekeepers, which has killed more than 7,750 people.

North Korea successfully launches long-range rocket

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 10:23AM

NORTH KOREA: North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket on Wednesday, in defiance of UN sanctions threats over what Pyongyang's critics have condemned as a disguised ballistic missile test.

Democrat duo's arrest won't be sought

BANGKOK: The Department of Special Investigation has decided against seeking the arrest of former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy Suthep Thaugsuban when they report to acknowledge murder charges against them tomorrow.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 09:05AM

Australia migration experts get top-up

PHUKET: Playfair Visa and Migration Services, Australia’s largest private migration firm, in conjunction with the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) last week held a two-day workshop at the Naka Island Luxury Collection Resort & Spa.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 08:59AM

Qatar Airways alliance move will boost Phuket

PHUKET: The announcement in October that Qatar Airways, which services Phuket from its Doha hub, will join the 12-member oneworld global airline alliance continues a trend by Middle East airlines servicing Phuket to join alliances.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 08:58AM

Major property website opens office in Phuket

PHUKET: DDproperty.com, which claims to be Thailand’s number one property website, last week launched its Phuket office, the first step outside Bangkok, with offices in Chiang Mai, Pattaya and Hua Hin to follow.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 08:55AM

Tourism ‘must abandon race to the bottom’