Artikel tagged “Asien”

  • Phuket teens deny attacking Burmese man, motorbike arson

    Phuket teens deny attacking Burmese man, motorbike arson

    PHUKET: Three Phuket teenagers arrested last night have denied police charges of beating a Burmese man and setting his motorbike on fire. A fourth member of the gang is still being sought by police.

  • Phuket Poll: What would you spend B2.6bn on?

    Phuket Poll: What would you spend B2.6bn on?

    PHUKET: There has been nothing but eerie silence since Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ignored questions about what happened to the 2.6 billion baht that was once “already dedicated” to building Phuket’s decades-in-waiting International Convention and Exhibition Center (story

  • British national’s extended holiday goes to pot at Phuket ‘dope hotel’

    British national’s extended holiday goes to pot at Phuket ‘dope hotel’

    PHUKET: Phuket Immigration officers today arrested a British man for drug possession and for overstaying his visa by more than one year. The arrest was made at the same resort, off Taina Road in Karon, where a Swedish man was arrested on drug charges last Thursday (story

  • Middle-aged Phuket meth dealer goes quietly

    Middle-aged Phuket meth dealer goes quietly

    PHUKET: Acting on a tip off about frequent drug transactions at the entrance to a soi in Thalang, police arrested a drug dealer in possession of ya bah (methamphetamine), and ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) yesterday.

  • Not open yet, but Phuket’s Chalong Marina already needs repairs

    Not open yet, but Phuket’s Chalong Marina already needs repairs

    PHUKET: The chief of the Phuket Marine Office has appealed to all boat operators to exercise caution while using the still incomplete Chalong Bay Marina to allow passengers – mostly tourists – to board and disembark vessels.

  • Phuket Opinion: Finding life balance through Daodexinxi

    Phuket Opinion: Finding life balance through Daodexinxi

    Sopin Koaysomboon, a 53-year-old Phuket native, is a vice president of the Phuket Daodexinxi International Club. She has been practicing Daodexinxi for more than three years. Here, she talks about how to improve our lives with exercise, meditation, songs and charity.

  • Phuket Opinion: Tourist Court, another pie in the sky

    Phuket Opinion: Tourist Court, another pie in the sky

    PHUKET: Recent talk of establishing a special court to fast-track legal cases involving foreign visitors raises some interesting issues, but at the end of the day is unlikely to result in little more than that: just talk.

  • Phuket serial resort thief confesses

    Phuket serial resort thief confesses

    PHUKET: A serial resort thief down on a “holiday crime spree” in Phuket from Bangkok has only confessed to two thefts of high-end resorts on the island, but police believe more confessions will be forthcoming. Ritthimeth Singhaumpai, 33, and his girlfriend Sasithorn Seekam, 22, were arrested on May 1 for robbing guest rooms in five high-end Phuket resorts.

  • Phuket one-stop yacht center steers course for 2015 launch

    Phuket one-stop yacht center steers course for 2015 launch

    PHUKET: With the long-awaited “one-stop center” for all yachts arriving in Phuket one year overdue, officials have now announced the complex is on track to open in 2015. The 70-million-baht rotunda-style building stands proud in Chalong Bay (map

  • Reaching out for that helping hand

    Reaching out for that helping hand

    Suicide rates have increased 60 per cent worldwide over the past 45 years, according to the World Health Organization. Phuket is not immune, but there is help available for those in need