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Phuket Updating Digest Australia will soon have a new Prime Minister; Storms are forecast for Phuket; Reporter from The Nation held; Khmer Rouge admit ‘killing contests.’

Around the Region Thailand detains reporter; Arrests in Malaysia over Bangkok bombing; Singapore sets standard on water, trash; Teacher faces appeal on offences; Vietnam seeks allies.

PHUKET: The national Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office (DDPM) has called on all residents and officials in risk areas in Phuket and elsewhere throughout Southern Thailand to beware disasters brought on by heavy downpours from typhoon Vamco.

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: The Appeals Court has upheld the death sentence imposed by a lower court for a young railway employee who raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl on a rapid train bound for Bangkok from Nakhon Si Thammarat on the night of July 5 last year.

PHUKET: As obvious as it is, the weather in Thailand varies between hot and extremely hot. If you are a tourist visiting the Kingdom for the first time, making sure there is an air conditioner in the room where you are staying is very good advice.

BANGKOK: The mysterious fireball seen above Bangkok early September 7 was a 66-tonne asteroid with a diameter of about four metres, according to the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (Narit).

PHUKET XTRA - September 14 Haze stops flights, Thailands suicide shame, fire at RPM, Virgin Airlines to the Kingdom and the Koh Tao case limps to a conclusion. ‪#‎PhuketNewsTV‬ ‪#‎PhuketTV‬

PHUKET: Following the anti-drug blitz by Kathu police over the weekend, Tah Chatchai police arrested three people attempting to bring drugs onto the island by public transport yesterday (Sept 13).

PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued a weather advisory warning of heavy thunder showers across Phuket in the coming days, and warned all boats in the region to proceed with caution.