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PHUKET: Work on the underpass next to Central Festival Phuket will begin nine days from now, on November 21.

Monday 12 November 2012, 11:53AM

Skeleton found on Samui beach

PHUKET: A dead body, reduced to bones with patches of skin, was found on a beach on Koh Samui yesterday morning.

Monday 12 November 2012, 11:03AM

Thailand-S.Korea agree to double trade to $30 billion

ASIA: Thailand and South Korea agreed to more than double their annual trade to $30 billion over the next five years, the kingdom's prime minister said Saturday.

Monday 12 November 2012, 10:35AM

With new term, Obama doubles down on Asia

ASIA: After a convincing re-election victory, President Barack Obama looks set for another four years of reorienting the United States toward Asia at a time of uncertainty over a rising China.

Monday 12 November 2012, 10:34AM

13 killed in strong Myanmar quake: NGO

ASIA: A powerful earthquake which hit Myanmar Sunday killed at least 13 people, injured dozens and sparked panic in the major central city of Mandalay, residents and aid workers said.

Monday 12 November 2012, 10:32AM

Record sentence for Thai rhino horn trafficker

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 12 November 2012, 09:32AM

THAILAND: South African authorities announced a record 40-year sentence for a Thai national accused of masterminding the slaughter of rhinos for their horns to smuggle to Asia for the black market trade.

Amcham Phuket to stage law seminar

PHUKET: The American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) is to hold a forum on November 29, titled “Doing Business in Thailand – 3 Things You Should Know”, at Royal Phuket Marina.

Monday 12 November 2012, 09:01AM

Govt suspends 'Demolisher's' Phuket encroachment probe

PHUKET: The next phase of the investigation into encroachment in the Sirinart Marine National Park has been suspended indefinitely on the orders of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE).

Sunday 11 November 2012, 06:53PM

112 Rohingya rounded up north of Phuket

PHUKET: Police in Phuket’s neighbouring province of Phang Nga, led by Pol Lt Chaiyuth Boonyai, arrested 112 Rohingya-Burmese in Tai Muang district today (November 10).

Sunday 11 November 2012, 06:01PM

Strong quake causes panic in Myanmar

ASIA: A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on Sunday, sparking panic in the country's second-largest city as terrified residents fled shaking buildings, witnesses said.

Sunday 11 November 2012, 11:08AM

Phuket-based HotelTravel.com sold to MakeMyTrip for US$25m

PHUKET: Blair Speers, founder of Phuket-based website HotelTravel.com, has sold his company to Indian OTA MakeMyTrip for US$25m – US$15m cash and US$10m in shares.

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:53AM

Filipina transgender Kevin Balot crowned 2012 Miss International Queen in Pattaya

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:41AM

PATTAYA: Congratulations to the beautiful, charming and talented Kevin Balot, the 21-year old transgender stunner who won the 2012 Miss International Queen crown in Pattaya, Thailand last Friday.

Woman dies in five-story Chevy plunge from parking lot

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:30AM

BANGKOK: A woman died when her white Chevrolet Cruze fell from the fifth floor parking lot of Rasa Tower in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district last week.

Over 2,000 march in Hong Kong's gay pride parade

HONG KONG: More than 2,000 people marched in Hong Kong's gay pride parade Saturday, as campaigners called for the enactment of laws to ban discrimination against homosexuals.

Sunday 11 November 2012, 10:19AM

Phuket Remembrance Day memorial planned for Sunday

PHUKET: The British Business Association of Phuket (BBAP) will hold a memorial service for Remembrance Day at Karon Beach on Sunday (November 10), the anniversary of the end of World War 1.

Friday 9 November 2012, 04:58PM

Gov backs Phuket plan for 2,000 CCTV cams

PHUKET: Governor Maitree Intasut yesterday (November 8) supported a police plan to buy and install an additional 2,000 CCTV cameras around Phuket during the current high season.

Friday 9 November 2012, 04:52PM

Phuket gets HonCon for Brazil

PHUKET: A celebratory party was held at Kata Beach Resort last night (November 8) to mark the appointment of Mrs Jiratha Thavornvongwong as Honorary Consul for Brazil in Phuket.

Friday 9 November 2012, 03:22PM

Phuket Opinion: Money matters

Phuket News / Opinion

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:06PM

PHUKET: In these tough economic times, money can quite often be too tight to mention. Yet over the last week it has seemed to permeate the news more than usual.

Govt dusts off Kra landbridge project

THAILAND: New Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal has vowed to move ahead with plans to construct the southern landbridge or oil pipeline linking the Andaman Sea with the Gulf of Thailand, creating a shortcut that would avoid the journey through the Straits of Malacca and round Singapore.

Friday 9 November 2012, 02:04PM

‘Upgrades’ for Phuket tourism sites