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The Royal Thai Air Force has signed a contract to buy four T-50TH supersonic jets from a South Korean company in a deal worth US$110 million (3.9 billion baht).

Latest A smoky haze over Phuket has triggered a health alert for children and the elderly and those with respiratory complaints. People are being advised not to exercise outdoors.

Phuket Updating Digest Malaysia evacuates citizens from the haze region as grey fug covers Phuket;

Around the Region Mystery surrounds the Taishan alias Kunlun and its valuable cargo; Laos wins direct flights with India; Singapore set for F1; Brunei queries air crew conditions.

PHUKET: Police have finally confirmed that an investigation is underway into the disappearance of the illegal Antarctic trawler Kunlun, also known as the Taishan, which vanished from Phuket waters last week.

Before the summer of 2014, many foreigners in Thailand who did not qualify for a long-term visa would achieve the same by entering, exiting, and re-entering Thailand on a short-term tourist visa. Thailand’s 2014 post-coup military government ended this practice.

FORMULA ONE: The Monaco of the east is a fixture of the opening of the post-European final leg of the season, but the Singapore Grand Prix’s reputation is built on more than just glitz and glamour alone.

BANGKOK: The Finance Ministry will by Sept 30 demand damages up to B510 billion incurred by the rice-pledging programme from ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra and some of her cabinet ministers, as well as officials involved in the scheme.

Marie McIntyre is currently the social and emotional counsellor at the British International School, Phuket (BISP). The school is the only on the island to offer such services to children, adults, students and staff.