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AWG ditches Sea Pearl as part of ‘refinement’
Resort development, fractional and vacation ownership company Absolute World Group (AWG) has announced that it is “refining” its Phuket operations.
The Big List: Itty Bitty Nation
Give us your tired, your poor, your huddles. Masses yearning to breathe without taxes and anything from Texas. Micronations have some interesting ideas. Here’s but a few …
Welcome to Liberland, the world’s newest tax haven
The world’s latest contender for statehood, Liberland, is a tiny new, self-proclaimed country sandwiched between Croatia and Serbia that lives up to its “live and let live” motto by offering optional taxes.
Goals by Pipat, Nlome-Ndebi put Phuket over Samut Songkhram FC
FOOTBALL: Striker Pipat Thongkanya (No. 9) spurred on a Phuket FC comeback against Samut Songkhram FC as he scored the first Ronin goal in a 2-1 win at Surakul Stadium on Wednesday night (April 22).
Just One Volunteer So Far Applies for Australia's 'Try Cambodia' Program
Latest A Rohingya man has become the single refugee so far who wants to exchange the remote Nauru settlement that denies refugees a place in Australia for the Cambodian option.
Marine Dept floats new life vest law
Passengers on public boats will soon be required by law to wear life vests, according to the Marine Department.
Preliminary investigation shows Krabi ferry fire not caused by careless service
PHUKET: A Deputy Permanent Secretary for Transport says investigations continue to find the cause of the fire of the Ao Nang Princess 5 ferry which caught fire and sunk on 8 April 2015 on its route from Krabi to Phuket.
Ministers at odds on Section 44 for fishing
Cabinet ministers yesterday (April 22) expressed mixed opinions about a proposal that Section 44 of the interim charter should be used to address problems that spurred the European Union (EU) to threaten an import ban if Thailand fails to clean up the illegal fishing industry in six months.
Burma's Rohingya Driven Into the Sea to 'Slave Ships,' US Reps Told
Latest</i> Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh should all be on Tier 3 for allowing human trafficking of Rohingya to continue, a rights group tells elected US representatives.