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Foundries to ‘clarify’ commission fees for B1bn Rajabhakti park
BANGKOK: The foundry owners contracted to cast the statues of former kings at Rajabhakti Park will next week clarify the “commission fees” issue, an army source has revealed.
Frenchman Arrested With Italian Man's Stolen Telephone in Departure Lounge at Phuket Airport
Latest A Frenchman was arrested by Phuket police in the departure lounge at Phuket airport after he picked up a mobile telephone belonging to an Italian as the pair passed through scanners.
Phuket Needs Simple Two Step Plan to Bring Back Tourists to Beaches
News Analysis Bringing back tourists to Phuket’s beaches can be done effectively with a simple two-point plan, whispered to Phuketwan journalists by one of the few surviving local starfish.
Scuba Diver Found Dead at 11 Metre Depth off Similans, North of Phuket
Latest Divers and doctors are piecing together the circumstances of the tragic last dive of a young Chinese tourist whose body was found at the 11-metre mark off the Similans, north of Phuket.
PhuketWATCH Airlines Sign On for New Airport; Protest at US; New GM at Phuket Resort
Phuket Updating Digest Protest outside US embassy; Call for deputy defence minister to resign; New GM for COMO; Miss Canada turned back by China; Ikea opens on Phuket.
Asean Today: Death Sentence Discounts; Aussies Push Back Asylum Seekers; Gay Singer Sparks ...
Around the Region Hot petitions gather pace for and against gay US singer Adam Lambert; Australia turns back boatpeople again; Thailand ‘likely’ to join TPP; Vietnam lessens death penalties.
Zimbabwe’s Mr Ugly pageant turns ugly
ZIMBABWE: A 42-year-old unemployed man was crowned Zimbabwe’s ugliest man at a pub pageant in Harare – but the contest turned ugly when the runner-up accused judges of bias.
French Muslims’ fear a deeper divide after Paris attacks
FRANCE: A fireman of Algerian origin, Faisal helped evacuate thousands from the Stade de France during the Paris attacks, guiding panicked football fans to safety as suicide bombers blew themselves up outside.
Fighting north Myanmars addiction curse with sticks and prayers
MYANMAR: Armed with batons and the bible, church-backed vigilantes are taking the fight against northern Myanmar’s heroin epidemic into their own hands – deepening the fallout from a drugs trade already feeding conflict and corruption in the region.