Artikel tagged “Phuket Magazine”

  • Nine Burmese migrants die in van crash inferno

    Nine Burmese labourers have died this morning (Sunday) when the passenger van carrying them smashed into a roadside tree and caught fire in Kamphaeng Phet, in the central-west of Thailand. Six others on board, including the Thai van driver, were injured.

  • Two tourists’ graffiti might end them up in a Chiang Mai jail

    Two tourists’ graffiti might end them up in a Chiang Mai jail

    A British and Canadian tourist face up to  10  years in prison after being charged with vandalism. The pair spray-painting graffiti on an ancient city brick wall in Chiang Mai.

  • Fake goods seized and two arrested at Patong market

    Soon we’ll all have to buy the ‘real’ branded items as the fakes are getting more difficult to find. The authorities and vendors continue to play a cat and mouse game in the ‘intellectual property’ crackdown

  • Mu Pa drops in on Gen Prayut at Government House

    Mu Pa drops in on Gen Prayut at Government House

    PHOTO: Thai PBS Members of the Mu Pa football Academy and team are back in Thailand following their whirlwind overseas tour of Argentina and the US, including an appearance on one of the most popular talk shows in the world. This morning they had a meeting this morning with the Thai PM Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha at the Government House. Accompanied by Phayao Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn, who headed the dramatic rescue operation at Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai when he was the Governor of Chiang Rai, the team presented the PM with the Asia Game Changer Award they had received in a ceremony from the Asia Society when they were in New York.

  • Man attacks woman in the street, captured on video

    Man attacks woman in the street, captured on video

    A video of a man publicly punching a woman in the face has gone viral on Thai social media. There is no indication where the incident happened. The clip, viewed 3.8 million times (as of Sunday 5pm), shows a man in a black t-shirt punching a woman in the face before taking her away.

  • Anwar one step closer to taking over from Malaysian PM

    Anwar one step closer to taking over from Malaysian PM

    Former Malaysian deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim has made his political comeback by winning a by-election at Port Dickson, Malaysia. The results aren’t official but based on exit polls. The result, a strong mandate in a seven-contestant poll, puts him one step closer to taking over the reigns from Mahathir Mohamad, the current Malaysian PM, who committed to handing over the top job in a pact before this year’s national election

  • Paper aeroplane champ is now a Thai citizen

    The paper plane champ is officially, Thai ID and all, a Thai citizen. Almost a decade after earning fame by winning an international paper-aeroplane championship in Japan at the age of 12, Mong Thongdee has collected his letter of approval for Thai citizenship.

  • UPDATE: British Embassy statement on income letters

    UPDATE: British Embassy statement on income letters

    Officials knew about problems back in May and say that US nationals will also be affected.

  • Two suspects surrender to police

    Two suspects, involved in the weekend’s Thalang murder, have surrendered to Chalong police after arrest warrants were issued. Read more about the crime that shocked the Thalang community HERE .

  • Unidentified body found in Phuket condo

    Police are trying to identify a man who was found dead in a condominium in Wichit. Wichit Police were notified that the body of man was found in a room at a condominium in Ao Makham