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The Transport Ministry has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Royal Thai Navy to upgrade the U-Tapao military air base in Rayong province into the country’s third commercial airport.

The FIFA corruption scandal escalated yesterday (June 4) as one suspect told of World Cup bribes and another promised to reveal an avalanche of secrets, including about FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

Phuket Updating Digest Prayuth could stay for two years; Human rights under threat in Thailand; Explosion in Ghana kills 150; Korea closes schools in Mers crisis; Thailand beats Malaysia.

NORTH SUMATRA: Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after Indonesia upgraded the threat posed by a volcano on Sumatra to the highest possible level, an official said Thursday. The volcano is located 500 kilometres south of Phuket.

Around the Region Who lifts resort items most?; Canadian finds Dad singing Elvis in Pattaya; Indonesia evacuates volcano villages; Vietnamese offered chance of danger cruise; Refugees arrive in Cambodia.

PHUKET: Eight Koreans have been arrested in Phuket for running an online gambling operation that police estimate would have had an annual turnover of more than B100 million.

Thailand has probab-ly gained entry to the record books by hosting some of the largest ever incentive groups from China.

News Analysis Efforts by businesses in Kata-Karon to have their markets restored by setting prices for latex outlets across the entire island seem doomed in Phuket’s free market.

In many cultures, superstitions have solid practical origins. It’s unlucky to walk under a ladder, for example. That’s an obvious one. Or breaking a mirror will bring seven years’ bad luck – that goes back to the days when mirrors, made with silver, gold or mercury, were very expensive.