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Singapore Tourist Collapses on Speedboat, Dies After Phuket Day Trip

Latest A tourist from Singapore has died after collapsing on a speedboat bringing him back to Phuket from a day-trip outing with his wife and daughter to a popular nearby island.

PhuketWATCH Nine Die in Pickup Crash; Thailand Panel May Outrank Elected Leaders; US Boxer in Coma

Phuket Updating Digest A bullet and a body: too many guns in Thailand; Nine killed in pickup crash; UN objects to lese majeste sentences; Yuan shakeout surprises markets; Barcelona wins.

Asean Today: Payback Time for Suharto Family; Burma's Military Signs on for Election; China ...

Around the region A wave of military officers in Burma resigns to contest the election; Clue to MH17 missile found; Suharto family pinged over embezzled funds; Yuan move sends shock waves.

Phuket residents stack sandbags in fear of more floods

PHUKET: Residents at Nai Yang are stacking sandbags around their homes amid fears that floodwaters that have yet to subside from torrential downpours over the weekend will rise even further with more rain forecast for Phuket in the coming days.

Phuket tourism companies probed for illegal nominees to face DSI

PHUKET: Four companies operating in Phuket’s lucrative tourism industry and under investigation for allegedly using nominee shareholders to form registered companies will face the wrath of Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI), The Phuket News has been told.

Phuket landslide downs power lines, forces road closure

PHUKET: The coastal road that winds past the Khao Kad View Point, overlooking Ao Yon bay on Phuket’s east coast, has been closed following a landslide bringing down live power cables.

Long Live HM Queen Sirikit

Celebrating Mother’s Day in Thailand

A bullet and a body: Thailands troubling gun murders

BANGKOK: Rungrat Rungsuwan was manning her small shop selling trinkets on a main tourist drag on the Thai resort island of Koh Samui when she heard a series of loud bangs.

Trisara culinary series brings enchanting city vibe to Phuket with “One Night in Bangkok”

Phuket diners are invited to experience an unforgettable evening at Trisara created in collaboration with Bangkok’s premier Thai restaurant Bo.Lan.

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