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Korean Tourist Ignores Repeated Warnings, Drowns in Phuket Surf at Bang Tao

Latest A tourist on the second day of a holiday on Phuket has ignored warning signs and repeated warnings to drown in the surf at Phuket’s Bang Tao beach.

Prosecutors Skip Last Two Days of Phuketwan Trial: Verdict Due September 1

Latest Reporters Without Borders, which sent an observer from Paris for the trial of Phuketwan journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian, summarises the case.

Trial Monitoring on Phuket: Thailand Defamation Case Against Alan Morison, Chutima Sidasathian

Latest Australian solicitor Mark Plunkett summarises three days of action in the controversial case brought by the Royal Thai Navy against Phuketwan journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian.

Russian man found dead at his Phuket home

PHUKET: A Russian man was found dead in the living room of his home in Chalong yesterday night (July 16). Police are currently waiting for the autopsy results to confirm the cause of death.

Containers from sunken cargo ship off Phuket being recovered

PHUKET: The containers which came from Cambodian Sinaran Andaman cargo ship which sunk off of Koh Hei (Coral Island) on July 8 have started to be recovered by the Phuket Marine Office. The cost of the recovery is being covered by the vessel ownerʼs insurance.

Helping to educate Children with HIV or with Parents with HIV

PHUKET: On Monday (July13), Ian Phillips, Chairman of the Phuket Loves You Club (PLU) along with other members from the PLU, presented a cheque to Hélène Fallon Wood the Vice President and Chief Fundraiser of The Life Home Project Foundation for B130,823.

Chinese get the better of Thai women

VOLLEYBALL: In a match that produced more oohs and aahs than the scoreline would suggest, Asian champions China defeated Thailand 3-0 on the opening day of the World Grand Prix womens volleyball Pool H clash in Hong Kong last night (July 16).

Deputy PM urges caution before expansion of tourism business

Tourism operators must think carefully before expanding in the current climate of global economic weakness, warns Deputy Prime Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula.

Soldiers shot dead and burnt in deep south

SOUTH: Suspected militants have shot dead two soldiers and burned their bodies, Thai police said today (July 17), in the latest outbreak of violence in the insurgency-battered deep south.

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