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An increasingly common cultural PR buzzword in the kingdom these days is ‘Thainess’ (in Thai, “kwam bpen Thai” ความเป็นไทย), which refers to the various characteristics that define the Thai people and their rich culture, customs and mannerisms.

PHUKET: Two Turkish men were arrested on Koh Hae (Coral Island) by tourist police yesterday (August 27) for working without works permits.

PHUKET: Two Turkish men were arrested on Koh Samui yesterday (August 27) on an arrest warrant issued in Phuket for theft from a hotel.

PHUKET: A young Myanmar woman has been left blinded and her face and body severly disfigured following an acid attack by her best friend. The woman is still in critical condition at Vachira Hospital.

PHUKET:The annual Por Tor (Hungry Gost) Festival organised by the Phuket City Municipal Office and Tourism Authority Thailand (TAT) Phuket Office is currently being held in Phuket Town and everyone is being invited to join and enjoy the event which runs until September 12. (Full schedule below)

BANGKOK: The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court approved an arrest warrant yesterday (August 27) for an Asian man for dropping a plastic bag with an explosive device inside from the footbridge across Sathon canal on August 17, which detonated in the water the next day.

PHUKET: A former Phuket resident involved in an international plot to peddle methamphetamines (ya bah) bought from North Korea pleaded guilty yesterday (August 27) to conspiring to import the drugs from Thailand to America.

latest Vendors at Kamala and other beaches have been ordered to register, form coops and wear uniforms or lose their occupations, a meeting about Phuket’s tourism future hears.

latest The road toll from motorcycle crashes on Phuket has risen by two in the space of two days with the death of a Czech expat resident being followed by a Thai motorcyclist killed by a truck.