Phuket Latest News

PHOTO ALBUM First photos clearly show the rescue of scores of Phuket tourists, passengers on a ferry forced to jump into the sea when a fire broke out and sank the vessel.

Latest An Israeli child aged 12 has been named as missing, feared lost after a dramatic fire at sea that sank a ferry between krabi and Phuket with 117 passengers rescued.

PHUKET: A 23-year-old man was arrested with a gun and bullets last night (April 7). Police had actually gone to his home to search for drugs.

PHOTO ALBUM A blaze has destroyed a large ferry that sails between Phuket and Krabi with one 12-year-old European girl missing and 117 tourists plus crew reported to have been rescued by fishing boats.

PHUKET: Police are looking for the driver of a minivan who had a collision with a motorcycle last night (April 7) killing the driver, a man from Nakorn Sri Thamarat.

PHUKET: The Super Cheap Store at Phuket Villa 5 burned down early this morning (April 8), with damage estimated at several million baht.

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered a popular fortune teller to stop predicting his future after a weekend prophecy over the length of the prime minister’s term in office stirred controversy.

PHUKET: A total of 155 beach umbrellas, sunbeds, and other pieces of beach furniture were seized from Laypang Beach and Surin Beach yesterday (April 7) on the grounds that they were “encroaching” on public areas.

The entrants for the 21st Anniversary Phuket Bike Week 2015 were revealed at a press conference held at the Andaman Embrace Resort and Spa on Saturday (April 4).