Phuket Latest News

PHUKET: A Patong jet-ski operator was founding hanging at his house early this morning (May 16). He had left goodbye notes to his family and ex-girlfriend.

Nearly a million tourists arrived in Thailand in the first part of May, earning the country 42.3 billion baht, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said yesterday (May 15).

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has issued an order under Section 44 of the interim charter suspending 45 senior officials, pending investigations into corruption allegations against them.

PHUKET: One passenger was killed and 28 injured when the tour bus they were travelling on flipped and fell into a ditch in Ao Luek in Krabi last night.

Latest A young man from Finland was killed when struck by a vehicle on the holiday island of Phuket. The crash came in the early morning near Chalong Circle.

Latest A nurse has been killed and six passengers admitted to hospital with serious injuries after a bus from Phuket slides off the road and flips in rain in Krabi.

Latest A boy’s claim that he was kidnapped from Burma has triggered concern that other boatpeople may have also suffered the same fate but Thai officials are so far rejecting the notion.

Latest A Burmese spokesperson has cut the country adrift of neighbors in SE Asia who want to resolve the issues of human trafficking and ethnic cleansing now plaguing the region.

Phuket Updating Digest May sees tourism flourish; Love is in the Thai air; Kerry tells Thailand to help the boatpeople; Phuket’s kids aim to save dolphins; Nadal develops feet of clay.