Latest Thailand rejected a bid by the US military to set up a base on Phuket to rescue Rohingya boatpeople, the Bangkok Post reports. The US wanted to provide humanitarian assistance.
Around the Region About 3000 Vietnamese children are slaves in the UK, says newspaper; Cambodia joins Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines in offering shelter; Philippines hit by heatwave.
PHUKET: Police announced that they have arrested the assassin, driver and man who ordered the hit of an elderly Muslim businessman who was killed over a land dispute in Kalim, near Patong in April.
PHUKET: Police announced that they have arrested the assassin, driver and man who ordered the hit of an elderly Muslim businessman who was killed over a land dispute in Kalim, near Patong in April.
Latest The head of Thailand’s controversial Tiger Temple is attacked and seriously bitten by a male feline. The savaging comes amid controversy over the future of the tigers there.
Tanhuato de Guerrero, Mexico: Mexican federal forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel members Friday during a three-hour-long gunfight in a ranch in a violence-torn western region, marking one of the drug wars bloodiest battles.
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday pledged $453 million in aid to Pacific island nations to help them combat climate change and natural disasters.
PHUKET: One man is being treated for minor injuries at Thalang Hospital after he lost control of the passenger van he was driving, scraped two other vehicles before finally rolling over onto the busy highway en route to Phuket airport this morning (May 23).
Latest Opportunism and greed threaten to destroy Phuket and the Andaman region and the warning signs are more evident than ever, a strategic planning meeting hears.