Phuket Latest News

Around the Region Quake on Borneo kills climbers, strands many; Indonesia volcano alert; Thai PM makes promise to end trafficking; Asean cannot interfere, says Lee; Laos drives train line.

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) is on alert at Phuket International Airport for all arrivals from South Korea to ensure the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) there does not reach the island.

PHUKET: Latex-product outlets throughout Phuket have been ordered to set fixed prices for their products after businesses in Karon complained to Governor Nisit Jansomwong about them ripping off tourists.

Phuket Xtra June 05, 2015

Authorities admit there is no hope for more survivors from a capsized Chinese cruise ship, as cranes today (June 5) slowly raised the sunken vessel with exhausted relatives preparing themselves for further agony.

PHUKET: A leading figure in the Royal Thai Navy squad that recently raided the Nui Bay Member Club will face off with Karon Municipality to ask why the club’s buildings are still standing.

Hello and welcome to June!

There are few circuits as diametrically opposed as those of Monaco and Canada, with the tight, twisty streets of Monte Carlo bearing little resemblance to the long straights of Montreal.

Last weekend, Phuket played host to the Phuket International Rugby 10s for the 17th year running. The tourney, won by the local Phuket Vagabonds team for the first time in history, saw more than 20 teams from across the Asia-Pacific region compete, something for which the organisers should be very proud.