MYANMAR: Myanmar’s ruling party conceded defeat in the country’s general election today (Nov 9) as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory.
SURIN; A man who once stood 269 centimetres tall and was thought to be the world’s tallest person has died at his home in Surin province at the age of 26.
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Thanyapura Phuket has been named Asia’s Leading Sports Resort at the 22nd annual World Travel Awards, renowned as the most prestigious and comprehensive of its kind in the travel and tourism industry – the ‘ultimate hallmark of quality’ and the ‘benchmark to which all others aspire’.
PHUKET: The National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC) is monitoring earthquakes in the region after a tremors measuring 6.2 Magnitude struck the Andaman and Nicobar Islands just before midnight last night (Nov 8).
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Ready for action in her pink muslin top, her manicured fingers clutching stones she picked up from the roadside, the 18-year-old declared that “the nation doesn’t only belong to the boys!”
GOLF: Phuket born Wanchai Luangnitikul won the overall title at the eighth edition of the 13-nation Singha Thailand Junior World Golf Championship in Hua Hin yesterday (Nov 8).
TRANG: Police have arrested the president of Kantang Fishing Association, in Trang province on the Andaman coast, south of Phuket, for alleged involvement in human trafficking.
PHUKET: Traffic will be closed and parking will be prohibited all along the main route into Phuket Town from Koh Kaew for most of today to accommodate a visit by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.