Phuket Latest News

IKEA to launch centre in Phuket

PHUKET: The global IKEA brand of home furniture will launch its first “Pick-Up and Order Point” in Asia with the opening of its Phuket locale at Bypass Biz Town on November 27.

Two get 43 years for M79 attack on PDRC

BANGKOK: The Criminal Court today (Nov 6) sentenced a former guard of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship and another man to 43 years and four months in jail each for an M79 grenade attack on People’s Democratic Reform Committee protesters in 2014.

Phuket Opinion: Killing the drink-driving curse

PHUKET: As each day in Thailand passes, another spell of fatal traffic accidents takes place. If Thailand’s roads didn’t already have a notoriously bad reputation, there’s no doubt that the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent survey highlighting that the Kingdom has the second-highest road-fatality rate in the world certainly confirms this.

Gallery Café offers comfort meals in brand new Chalong branch

Amidst the boxing and fitness gyms on Chalong’s busy streets, there lies a crop of cool cafés and restaurants that makes the area a paradise for foodies.

Fire guts car in front of Phuket townhouse

Police are investigating a case where a Honda CRV was destroyed by fire early this morning (Nov 6) and have yet to conclude whether it was the result of an electrical fault or arson.

MSG falls foul in Phuket poll results

PHUKET: Regardless of how safe some major food companies might say monosodium glutamate, better known simply as MSG, is to include in processed foods, a hige majority of voters in the latest poll by The Phuket News say ‘No’ to the white crystals.

Ask The Ajarn: Expat female teacher discusses life challenges in Thailand

Foreign teacher in Phuket talks about love and life in Thailand.

Meet the Natives: Scaly anteaters in Phukets forest

Pangolins are easily recognised in the wild because they are the only mammal in the world that is covered with scales from head to tail.

Two men investigated for multiple burglaries after 500 items seized from Phuket home

PHUKET: Police are investigating two men who are suspected of being behind a spate of burglaries on a Phuket City housing estate after finding more than 500 items in their home, all of which are believed to have been stolen.

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