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Martial law is over
His Majesty the King has endorsed a request by Prime Minister and junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha to revoke martial law throughout the country.
Celebrating Songkran Around Thailand
Latest The Thai new year is marked in different ways around Thailand with Phuket being one place where celebrations begin the evening before in Patong. The rest of the island catches up.
Unofficial Translation of Thai Junta's Order, Replacing Martial Law With Section 44 of Interim ...
Latest The New Section 44 gives authority to those in power in Thailand in different ways to martial law. Here is what the new structure entails and what it means.
I Hate Thailand Turns Into Award Winning Unbranding Idea
Latest Doing it differently proves a winner for the TAT with an ‘‘I hate Thailand’’ video not only proving popular but also winning awards for ‘‘unbranding.’’
Freeing of 233 Phuket Prisoners Gives Elbow Room, But Not for Long
Latest Inmates freed from Phuket Prison in a royal pardon include three foreigners who are likely to be deported immediately. Meanwhile, the overcrowding crush will be relieved - but not for long.
PhuketWATCH Martial Law Replaced; Chinese Set For Songkran; Uber Targets EU; Singapore Tightens ...
Phuket Updating Digest Martial law goes; 400,000 Chinese likely to visit; Fishing vessel crackdown; Uber seeks EU bans lifted; Cynthia Lennon dies; McDonalds lifts wages.
Asean Today: Air Crash 'Good for Science'; Russian Held After Chase; Viet Strike Grows; ...
Around the Region Vietnam continues to score points as powerhouse; Indonesia may ask foreign workers to speak language; Rockslide kills nine miners.
Norwegian arrested in Phuket for visa overstay
PHUKET: A Norwegian man was arrested in Talad Neua today (April 1) for staying in Thailand illegally after his visa had expired.
Phuket launches fishing boat checkpoint
PHUKET: The Phuket Fisheries Office today (April 1) launched a fishing boat checkpoint which is aimed at helping Thailand lift itself out of Tier 3 of the US State Department̕s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, and also to combat IUU – illegal, unreported and unregulated – fishing.