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PHOTO ALBUM A taxi cut off a tour bus on Patong Hill and the bus rolled backwards, crashing off the road and injuring four Indian passengers among the 37 tourists on board.

Phuket Updating Digest Check-in disaster compensated with free flights; Western guy warns Thai women; NLA targets ‘quality tourism’; Expelled Brit jailed; Three arrested over live grenade.

Around the Region British concern over Burma purge; Indonesia arrests independence day ‘‘bombers’’; What makes Brunei tick?; Hundreds of bears die in bile farms; Brit attacked.

PHUKET: Marine Police have found the body of the Korean tourist who was last seen being swept out to sea by large waves at Kata Noi beach on Wednesday (August 12).

KRABI: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed a management agreement with U&N Hospitality Co Ltd for a 222-room Holiday Inn Express at Ao Nang Beach in Krabi, across Phang Nga Bay from Phuket.

Laguna is a household name in Phuket. Tourists and residents are all familiar with the brand, and its lifestyle offerings, events and activities; whether speaking of one of its iconic luxury hotels or restaurants, bar-setting MICE events, the world famous Laguna Marathon, or its world class golf courses.

PHUKET: TrueOnline today launched in Phuket its new high-speed internet service as part of rolling out its nationwide optical-fibre network that can deliver connection speeds of up to 10Gbps.

BANGKOK: Fifteen supermarket chains have agreed on no plastic bag shopping days on the 15th of each month, to reduce usage of plastic bags and the pollution they cause.

Talented Thai fashionista makes name for herself by established fashion brand Milin in 2009.