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Yala braced for floods as water released from dam

Yala braced for floods as water released from dam

PHUKET: Residents in Yala municipality were scrambling yesterday to erect flood defences as authorities continued discharging water from nearby Bang Lang Dam.

BREAKING: Singapore-bound Air Asia flight from Indonesia disapears

BREAKING: Singapore-bound Air Asia flight from Indonesia disapears

SINGAPORE: An AirAsia flight, originating from the Indonesian city of Surabaya and due to land in Singapore early this morning has disappeared into oblivion.

Ask The Ajarn: Tips for tutoring

Ask The Ajarn: Tips for tutoring

The most common way full-time teachers supplement their income is by teaching private lessons on a freelance basis.

The Fatal Shore: Thailand's Tsunami

The Fatal Shore: Thailand's Tsunami

Tsunami 10 Years On A Phuket journalist recalls the day of the big wave and how the media, international and local, reacted to the story of a lifetime.

AirAsia Flight Vanishes: Tragic Year in Skies for SE Asian Region

AirAsia Flight Vanishes: Tragic Year in Skies for SE Asian Region

Latest A flight with 162 people on board has vanished in Southeast Asia at the conclusion of a tragic year in the skies for the airlines of the region.

Drunk Phuket Hit-Run Driver Flees With Injured Woman on Car's Bonnet

Drunk Phuket Hit-Run Driver Flees With Injured Woman on Car's Bonnet

Latest The driver of a car that struck a motorcycle carrying three women did not stop and drove on for several hundred metres with one of the injured women on the bonnet, say police.

162 On Board Missing AirAsia Flight; Search Resumes at First Light; Headline Makers of 2014; ...

162 On Board Missing AirAsia Flight; Search Resumes at First Light; Headline Makers of 2014; ...

Phuket Updating Digest AirAsia Indonesia-Singapore flight missing; Transgender love conquers all; Thailand’s South, Malaysia under water; The biggest stories of 2014; Turkey saves Uighurs; Sports latest; Phuket events.

Tax-paying foreigners not entitled to local price at National Parks

Tax-paying foreigners not entitled to local price at National Parks

PHUKET: Foreigners who possess a valid work permit and pay tax to the Royal Thai Government through a Tax [payer] Identification Number (TIN) have no legal entitlement to the “local rate” at any of the National Parks throughout the kingdom, a National Parks tourism promotion officer has confirmed.

Deep South put on high flood alert

Deep South put on high flood alert

One of the worst floods in the Thailand-Malaysia border area in recent history is about to get worse.

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