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BANGKOK: The 300-baht daily minimum wage which was in force across the country since 1 January 2013 may be replaced with a new minimum wage which will vary by economy and cost of living of each province and region.

Latest A runner from the Philippines held off a large, strong field to win the tenth Laguna Phuket marathon race along a holiday island road course.

Latest Thailand’s Prime Minister believes the nation’s measures against trafficking will eventually be recognised by international organisations and the US.

Latest Security camera footage has helped to catch a South African tourist who Phuket police say has confessed to a plan to pull off an insurance scam.

Latest Trying to say ‘‘cheers’’ to strangers with a drink turned out to be one of the last things a Phuket resort worker did. The strangers took exception and gunned him down in a Chalong street.

Phuket Updating Digest Police continue trafficking campaign; Aussie in Samui bash case faces court; Thaksin renews Montenegro passport; Med warships rescue 200; Tiger’s worst round.

PHUKET: Tourist Police, in cooperation with Phuket City Police have arrested a 33-year-old South African national after he confessed to filing a false police report that personal items had been stolen from his Phuket Town hotel room today (June 6).

PHUKET: Police were alerted at 3pm today (June 6) that a tourist staying in Karon had died while en route to Patong hospital after he had collapsed in a Karon clinic with chest pains.

Around the Region Tourists hurt in Bali ferry blast; Toll rises in Malaysia quake; Volcano alert in Indonesia; Australia’s Cambodia refugee plan alarms many; India copies Angkor Wat.