The Phuket News
Window on Phuket Phuket News TV Phuket Live 89.5 Where to Eat
The Phuket News Novosti Phuket Khao Phuket

Login | Create Account | Search

Window on Phuket
Phuket News TV
The Phuket News
Where to Eat
Phuket Live 89.5
Login | Create Account      The Phuket News Novosti Phuket Khao Phuket
Poll | Currency | Weather | Facebook | Youtube | Search
KTB shuts down crypto trade accounts
KTB shuts down crypto trade accounts
BANGKOK: Krungthai Bank has become the second financial institution after the Bangkok Bank to terminate transactions involving cryptocurrencies trading with Thai Digital Asset Exchange (TDAX), following a Finance Ministry order.
Students call for transparent probe
Students call for transparent probe
BANGKOK: Kasetsart University’s forestry major students have called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to ensure the probe into the alleged wildlife poaching concerning construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta is done straightforwardly.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Shootout over land! Marriage & a background check? Back to jail! || February 26
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Shootout over land! Marriage & a background check? Back to jail! || February 26
PHUKET XTRA - February 26 Criminal checks on foreigners who register to marry a Thai! Back in prison: Author of book about fighting in Thai prison! Shootout over land access? Airport runway repairs affects 75 flights! Handing off 1.3 billion baht! Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
History repeated in Patong Pool League
History repeated in Patong Pool League
POOL: The 2nd leg and the 10th round of the Patong Pool League (PPL), sponsored by Thailand Pool Tables, was played last Thursday (Feb 22) with all teams playing the opponents they met in the 1st round of this year’s competition.
Funeral for Phuket expat Werner Breunig
Funeral for Phuket expat Werner Breunig
PHUKET: Friends are invited to respectfully join funeral services for long-term Phuket expat Werner Breunig.
10 Mile International Run to take place March 24-25
10 Mile International Run to take place March 24-25
ATHLETICS: For the fourth consecutive year, Thailand’s leading sports retailer, Supersports, will organise the country’s only mile-distance race, the Supersports 10 Mile International Run 2018 Phuket Presented by Thanyapura on March 24-25, at the award-winning Thanyapura Health & Sports Resort, and organisers expect 4,000 people to take part.
Thailand SUP Festival 2018
Thailand SUP Festival 2018
The Thailand SUP Festival is the biggest Stand Up Paddleboard event in Thailand. This year will be the 5th annual event. It will be a fantastic event with technical races, sprints and relays, fun races for kids & families, SUP Yoga and lots of great prizes. Come down to LUX Beach Club on 7 April 2018. www.thailandsupfestival.com
Russian sex class stopped before climax
Russian sex class stopped before climax
PATTAYA: Police interrupted 10 Russians running a class in sexual techniques for 43 compatriots in a Pattaya hotel room early this morning (Feb 26).
Unidentified foreigner found hanged in Phuket forest
Unidentified foreigner found hanged in Phuket forest
PHUKET: An unidentified foreign man was found hanged in a forest near the Phanason housing estate in Kathu today.
Phuket land access row ends in gunfight
Phuket land access row ends in gunfight
PHUKET: Two men were injured in a shootout in central Phuket yesterday (Feb 25) after tempers flared over allowing access across an 800-rai plot of land.
Phuket airport runway repairs leave 75 flights affected
Phuket airport runway repairs leave 75 flights affected
PHUKET: Repairs to the runway at Phuket International Airport will affect a total of 75 flights today and tomorrow (Feb 26-27), officials have reported.
Rescuers continue search off Phuket for drowned Chinese tourist
Rescuers continue search off Phuket for drowned Chinese tourist
PHUKET: The head of Phang Nga Provincial Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Sayan Kitmano confirmed this morning that rescuers are still searching for the body of a Chinese woman who went missing in the waters of a local beach in Phang Nga.
Patong restaurant manager arrested over overinflated prices
Patong restaurant manager arrested over overinflated prices
PHUKET: Officials on Friday (Feb 23) arrested a Patong seafood restaurant manager who has been selling overpriced shrimp dishes to Chinese tourists.
Pregnant woman injured as tour bus crunches cars on Patong Hill
Pregnant woman injured as tour bus crunches cars on Patong Hill
PHUKET: A tour bus carrying Russian tourists failed to brake in time to avoid hitting the back of a pickup truck carrying a seven-month-pregnant woman on Patong Hill yesterday afternoon (Feb 25)
Sound show leaves Thai MotoGP organisers upbeat
Sound show leaves Thai MotoGP organisers upbeat
MOTO GP: For three full days last week, the eyes of those who love high-speed thrills and spills were riveted to Buriram’s Chang International Circuit where Thailand will stage its first ever MotoGP race from Oct 5-7.
Bill eases curbs for illegal hires
Bill eases curbs for illegal hires
NATIONWIDE: Illegally hiring a migrant worker will not cost an employer as dearly any more as a bill that reduces the fine from B400,000-B800,000 to B10,000-B100,000 is expected to be placed before the cabinet tomorrow (Feb 27) for approval, said a labour ministry source.
Activist lines Premchai up in his sights
Activist lines Premchai up in his sights
BANGKOK: Environmental activist Sasin Chalermlarp will launch a campaign to pressure police to speed up their probe into the wildlife poaching case involving construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta.
Fishing in troubled water
Fishing in troubled water
CROATIA: For two decades Diego Makovac has made a trouble-free living fishing for sole in Piran Bay. But he now faces a flurry of Croatian and Slovenian patrol boats as the two countries fight over the water.
‘We’ll give you our best!’
‘We’ll give you our best!’
EXCLUSIVE: He’s only been at the helm as manager of Leicester City Football Club since 25 October, 2017, but Claude Puel already knows that the club, owned by Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha of Thailand’s King Power Group, has a number of fans based in the country.
Are businesses in Phuket national parks legal?
Are businesses in Phuket national parks legal?
We read about crackdown after crackdown on private businesses set up within national parks in Phuket and elsewhere in Thailand, but there are businesses openly operating in plain sight within the same parks. Are these businesses legal? Read on to find out...