Phuket Latest News

Indonesia and Thailand today (April 23) agreed to set up a joint taskforce on illegal fishing, a lucrative cross-border trade that labour groups claim is responsible for enslaving thousands of workers from across Southeast Asia.

PHUKET: Officials on Tuesday clarified the rules for paying government compensation to tourists who are victims of crime, accidents or disasters of one kind or another.

PHUKET: Governor Nisit Jansomwong gave a lengthy justification of the beach reorganisation in Phuket on Tuesday (April 21), pleading for critics to wait until the trial period is over in another month.

PHUKET: Phuripat Theerakulpisut, director of the Phuket Marine Office announced on Tuesday (April 21) that the days of extortion by jetski operators are over.

The Kirimaya Golf Resort and Spa in Nakhon Ratchasimas Pak Chong district should be compensated if the title deed it bought from a land auction held by the Legal Execution Department (LED) is found to be illegal, the Justice Ministry says.

PHUKET: A Chinese man was injured in Patong yesterday morning (April 22) after driving his car into a ditch at the side of the road which has been made to install new drains.

The vacation ownership industry, formerly known as timeshare, has big – and as yet unexploited – opportunities for expansion in Southeast Asia, says property consultant Bill Barnett.

A British fugitive who allegedly masterminded a cigarette-smuggling ring that cost the UK government £2 million in lost tax revenue in 2008 was captured in Hua Hin yesterday (April 22).

Bangkok’s Don Muang has again recorded the highest growth rate among airports in the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East, figures for February, Airports Council International (ACI) says.