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Around the Region Russians want slice of Cambodia’s coast; Singapore tourism forecast throttled back; MH370 search ‘back to drawing board’ in May; Execution diplomacy difficult.

PHUKET: The cleaning up of a filthy garbage-clogged klong on idyllic Racha Yai Island has begun.

PHUKET: Police in Krabi last night (March 6) arrested two French men believed to be members of an ATM skimming gang. The two admitted that they had withdrawn money from ATM machines in Phang Nga and Krabi for two months before they were caught,…

Condemnation of Islamic State poured in yesterday (March 6) after the group bulldozed the ruins of the 3,500-year-old Assyrian city of Nimrud, the jihadists’ latest attack on Iraqi cultural treasures that the UN termed a “war crime”.

CHONBURI: Thirteen Redshirt activists have been sentenced to four years in prison for storming the venue of an international summit in Pattaya nearly six years ago.

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha presented his own view of media ethics in a speech marking Thailands National Media Day on Thursday, urging journalists to go beyond merely reporting the facts.

Latest She’s seen the light and the media is really to blame. Celebrity model Natalie Glebova, who spends a lot of time on Phuket, has blasted the media for exposing her as a gibbon cuddler.

Latest The anniversary of the day that MH370 with hundreds of people on board went missing has the pilot’s family defending his character and seeking other answers.

Phuket Updating Digest Krabi standoff on coal power; Organised crime and me, by Andrew Drummond; Sunbeds confiscated; Owner sought for illegal slot machines; Phuket events.