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THAILAND: Negative press in Australia over the way the motorbike crash which killed Australian woman Nicole Fitzsimons was handled has resulted in the case being reopened, and the chief of the relevant Samui police station being transferred elsewhere.

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 11:06AM

Second suspect named in Hungarian murder

PHUKET: Police have named a second man they believe was involved in the murder of Hungarian Peter Reisz on November 24.

Wednesday 5 December 2012, 10:37AM

Krung Thai Bank system back online

UPDATE: After five worrying hours for depositors unable to get at their money, the KrungThai Bank electronic system, which controls ATMs, online banking, bank hall transactions and credit and debit card transactions, which fell over today, is now back online. All services are working.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 10:36PM

Phuket student in Supermodel finals

PHUKET: Seventeen-year-old Phuket student Chutimon “Chumpoo” Prasanwan has made it into the finals of the Thai Supermodel 2012 contest, which will air on Thai Channel 7 TV on Thursday December 17.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 06:14PM

Thai queen too weak to attend king's birthday: palace

THAILAND: Thailand's queen will not attend a rare address by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok as part of official celebrations for his 85th birthday because of poor health, the Royal Household Bureau said Tuesday.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 06:04PM

Hungarian’s killer ‘still in Thailand’

PHUKET: Phuket’s police chief has revealed more details about the murder of Hungarian Peter Reisz last week.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 05:59PM

Krung Thai electronic system crashes nationwide

PHUKET: The Krung Thai Bank’s electronic banking system appears to have crashed about two hours ago, with the country’s 8,000 ATMs across the country not working, and online banking not available.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 05:40PM

Thailand ‘must drop cheap labour mindset’

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Tuesday 4 December 2012, 05:27PM

THAILAND: With labour short ages continually in the spotlight, and the government’s firm commitment to the B300 day wage, Thailand has been warned that it cannot continue to rely on cheap labour to attract investment and make low-cost goods for export.

Labour shortage ‘is pushing up’ prices of condos

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Tuesday 4 December 2012, 05:26PM

THAILAND: Prices for Bangkok condominiums are rising as a shortage of construction workers puts a brake on development, says property consultant Colliers International Thailand.

Phuket’s territorial taxis ‘getting worse’

PHUKET: Black taxis may now have been turned into green ones by the government, but the problem of taxi drivers in general defending their territories either by extorting “taxes” from outsiders or simply threatening them with violence has not gone away.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:45PM

Diana among bookies' favourites for royal baby name

UK: Bookmakers reckon Prince William and his wife Catherine will name their baby after a close relative, with his late mother Diana among the early front-runners.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:39PM

British press 'delighted' but anxious over royal baby

UK: Britain's press on Tuesday celebrated the 'delightful' news that Prince William and his wife Catherine are to have a baby, but the expectant mother's bout of morning sickness tempered spirits.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:38PM

Ex-leader of Myanmar monk rallies held: official

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Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:36PM

MYANMAR: A leader of Myanmar's 2007 monk rallies has been arrested, an official said Tuesday, in his latest brush with the law since being freed from jail along with hundreds of other political prisoners this year.

US hearing for Strauss-Kahn set for December 10

US: A hearing in the civil case of disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been set for December 10, after reports he will settle with the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:29PM

Six dead as Typhoon Bopha lashes Philippines

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Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:28PM

PHILIPPINES: Typhoon Bopha killed at least six people in the Philippines on Tuesday as the strongest storm to hit the country this year forced more than 50,000 to seek refuge in emergency shelters, officials said.

Indonesian embassy warns maids to avoid Malaysia

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Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:28PM

MALAYSIA: Indonesian maids should avoid working in Malaysia, their embassy in Kuala Lumpur said Tuesday, after the latest domestic worker scandal there saw 105 women locked up and forced to work without pay.

Rights 'catastrophe' in southern Yemen: Amnesty

YEMEN: Yemen's southern Abyan province was the scene of a human rights "catastrophe" during fighting between Al-Qaeda-linked militants and government troops, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:27PM

Thais hunt for killer tiger after second deadly attack‎

THAILAND: Terrified Thai villagers in Yala were on Tuesday hunting a tiger suspected of killing two people in less than a week after a woman was mauled to death in a rubber plantation near the site of an earlier attack.

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 04:24PM

D-Day set in Krabi’s oil palm war

THAILAND: A mob of 300 small farmers who nine months ago invaded an oil palm plantation in Krabi on which the land lease had expired, may finally leave after one of their number was shot in the leg by an unidentified gunman on Sunday (December 2).

Tuesday 4 December 2012, 03:49PM

American booked after Phuket death crash