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PHUKET: The government is to carry out a major exercise to improve ports along the Andaman Sea coast, including the Phuket Deep Sea Port and Rassada Port.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 03:34PM

Charles marks birthday with Hobbit tour in New Zealand

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 02:43PM

WORLD: Tolkien fan Prince Charles marked his 64th birthday with a tour of Middle Earth on Wednesday, at the New Zealand studio behind Peter Jackson's latest Hobbit movie.

Three rare Sumatran tiger cubs born at Indonesia zoo

ASIA: A critically endangered Sumatran tiger has given birth to three cubs at an Indonesian zoo, a veterinarian at the facility said Wednesday.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 02:42PM

Hundreds of cobras seized in Thai customs bust

THAILAND: Thai customs officers have seized hundreds of cobras being smuggled through the country for use in traditional medicine as a supposed sexual aid, an official said Wednesday.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 02:38PM

Megayacht drops into Phuket

PHUKET: One of the world’s largest private yachts, the MY Le Grand Bleu arrived this week in Phuket.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 01:57PM

Phuket Rubber Duck Race date set for 2013

PHUKET: The Phuket Community Foundation (PCF) has announced that it has set March 3 next year as the date for its next fundraising Race Day, featuring the Great Phuket Rubber Duck Race.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 01:38PM

Two Phuket teens held for robbing Russian woman

PHUKET: Chalong police have arrested two teenagers, aged 13 and 16, on charges of snatching a Russian woman’s handbag at Karon Beach on Saturday night (November 10).

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 10:44AM

Security at last for Phuket slum dwellers

PHUKET: The 2,000 or so families in the large slum along Soi Kingkaew in Baan Kuku, to the northeast of Phuket Town, can breathe a sigh of relief after their community has been given rights to occupy the land and an attempt by a businessman to establish ownership over a large part of the 300-rai village was rejected.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 10:27AM

Doctors without Border on first US mission

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 10:12AM

WORLD: The group Doctors Without Borders has aided victims of war and disease in countries like Sudan, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Women speak out over Khmer Rouge sexual violence

ASIA: For three decades the scars branded onto Kim Khem's arms have been a reminder of the sexual torture she saw under the Khmer Rouge. Now, aged 80, she is finally breaking her silence on the horrors of the past.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 10:06AM

Myanmar struggles to reach quake victims

ASIA: Myanmar rescuers struggled Monday to bring help to outlying villages hit by an earthquake that aid agencies say has killed at least 13 and caused a bridge and mine to collapse.

Tuesday 13 November 2012, 06:04PM

US says shift to Asia is 'real' as Australia hosts talks

ASIA: The United States insisted Tuesday that its much-touted shift to the Asia-Pacific region is for real as US and Australian officials met for annual strategic talks.

Tuesday 13 November 2012, 05:54PM

Man survives 18-floor fall in Phuket

PHUKET: Australian John Bernard Hurley was rushed to hospital after he jumped from the 18th floor of the Royal Paradise Hotel at about 2 pm today (November 13) – and miraculously survived.

Tuesday 13 November 2012, 02:40PM

Krabi tourism hurt by 'Evil Man' Youtube video

PHUKET: Krabi tourism is in hot water yet again after a video clip posted on YouTube shows a Dutch pop star singing about his 19-year-old daughter’s rape while visiting the province.

Monday 12 November 2012, 05:36PM

Yingluck Shinawatra to meet Queen on Britain trip

THAILAND: Yingluck Shinawatra, the Thai prime minister, will meet the Queen on her official visit to the UK this week, as she attempts to burnish her monarchist credentials within her deeply divided homeland, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Monday 12 November 2012, 01:11PM

'Gangnam Style' leads to gunplay again in Thailand

THAILAND: Psy’s global K-pop megahit Gangnam Style is making the news in Thailand again – for all the wrong reasons.

Monday 12 November 2012, 01:08PM

Phuket underpass chaos starts Nov 21

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

Phuket News / Business

Monday 12 November 2012, 10:35AM

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.

With new term, Obama doubles down on Asia