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  • Chinese tourist dies after photo attempt

    Chinese tourist dies after photo attempt

    KRABI: A Chinese tourist drowned on Tuesday after attempting to take underwater photos at a national park in Krabi. At about 4pm, Jampen Pormpakdee, chief of the Koh Hong protection zone at Than Bok Khorani National Park, and lifeguards recovered 31-year-old Wang Xitiang, administered CPR, and transferred her to Krabi Hospital.

  • Birthday-boy survives near-fatal Phuket crash

    Birthday-boy survives near-fatal Phuket crash

    PHUKET: A local man celebrating his birthday was severely injured after his car collided with a construction barrier early this morning. Police received reports of the incident in front of the Great Glove factory on Si Sunthon road in Thalang at about 2am.

  • Phuket celebrity temporarily avoids Military draft, encourages others instead

    Phuket celebrity temporarily avoids Military draft, encourages others instead

    PHUKET: A Thai celebrity today made an appeal to avoid being drafted in the military this year. The appeal was made at a recruitment drive that is set to receive 3,000 young men for military service from the province.

  • Phuket Municipality brings in 150,000 baht at fishing festival

    Phuket Municipality brings in 150,000 baht at fishing festival

    PHUKET: The Phuket Municipality Office hosted the 8th annual Fishing festival yesterday afternoon, raking in about 150,000 baht for shrine renovation and supporting education. Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupana chaired the event, which took place at 4 pm at the Prince Chumphon Khet Udomsak Shrine in Saphan Hin. She also helped cook food to be distributed at the festival.

  • B5mn bust, two arrests help unravel drug network in Phuket

    B5mn bust, two arrests help unravel drug network in Phuket

    PHUKET: Two suspects from a major drug network were arrested yesterday with a kilo of ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) and nearly 8,000 pills of ya bah (methamphetamine) worth about 5 million baht. The first suspect, Sompan Meemuangnork, was apprehended at Phuket Bus Terminal 2.

  • Russian expat arrested for property fraud in Phuket

    Russian expat arrested for property fraud in Phuket

    PHUKET: The Immigration Police on Wednesday arrested a Russian expat wanted for property fraud in Phuket. The police team, led by Col Guntapat Phongsathabodee, arrested Matvey Shuvalov at his house in Cherng Talay.

  • Opinion: Ensuring the success of coral restoration

    Opinion: Ensuring the success of coral restoration

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  • Former policeman and wife killed in four vehicle pile up

    Former policeman and wife killed in four vehicle pile up

    PHUKET: A former police lieutenant and his wife were killed, while three others were injured in a four-car crash in Phuket’s neighboring Phang Nga province this afternoon. Capt Chalermsak Aksornpian of Thai Mueang Police arrived at the scene on Petchkasem Road with rescue workers.

  • Phuket locals protest closure of access to Laem Singh Beach

    Phuket locals protest closure of access to Laem Singh Beach

    PHUKET: Officials from the Ministry of Justice visited Laem Singh Beach this morning to follow up on a long-standing land dispute between the public, particularly local Thai people and thousands of foreign tourists, and an organization called ‚Bangkok Broadcasting & Television Co Ltd (BB&T)‘. The company, which airs Thai national television Channel 7, has announced that starting April 17, they are cutting access to Laem Singh Beach entirely.

  • Australian sentenced for girlfriend’s jet-ski death in Phuket

    Australian sentenced for girlfriend’s jet-ski death in Phuket

    PHUKET: An Australian man, whose partner was killed in a tragic jet-ski accident in Phuket last month, is free to return home after his trial ended earlier today. Thomas Keating, 22, and Emily Jayne Collie, 20, came to Phuket for a holiday and had rented jet-skis to ride from Karon Beach to Kata Beach. They collided with one another, causing Ms Collie to suffer severe injuries to her head, neck and shoulders (story here ).