PHUKET: A Thai fishing boat carrying 27 crew was seized for Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing by officers from Royal Navy Third Area Command on Thursday night (Jan 14) in a conservation area between Koh Lon and Koh Hae.
FOOTBALL: Thailand and Japan – the former buoyed by a draw and the latter “relieved” after a win – clash tonight (Jan 16) in a high-stake match that would have a strong bearing on their hopes for a place in the AFC U23 Championship quarter-finals.
PHUKET: An American man died this morning (Jan 16) after allegedly falling from 17th floor of a hotel in Patong.
PHUKET: Two man, one expat and one Thai, were found hanged in two separate incidents early yesterday morning (Jan 15), police have yet to rule on the true causes of death.
MMA: Phuket-based athletes won six cage fights as Thailands leading Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion, Full Metal Dojo (FMD), returned to Seduction Nightclub in Patong last Sunday (January 10).
PHUKET: A 68-year-old elderly woman was killed and a 5-year-old girl was hospitalised Friday morning (Jan 15) when a car slammed into the back of the motorbike they were riding.
RATCHABURI: Two mystery parcels found in roadside scrub by a man who stopped his car to urinate turned out to contain 1kg of heroin with a street value of B3 million, police said.
XANA Beach Club is once again bringing Thailand’s world famous Full Moon Party to the shores of Phuket, with a very special itinerary to highlight the island high season.
After years of anticipation, internet streaming-video service Netflix launched in Thailand last week as part of a surprise global expansion that saw the US based content provider flip the switch on 130 new countries overnight.