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PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A 36-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly scattering screws on a main road in Hua Hin in an effort to bring more business to her husband’s tyre repair shop.

Three Chinese men have been detained at the border while trying to cross it to Cambodia, allegedly for stealing a large diamond worth over B1 million from a jewellery fair.

PHUKET: Thai Airways International is dumping its prices for people who book well in advance to fly on five major domestic routes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays.

The construction of the Laos-Myanmar Mekong River Friendship Bridge will be completed next month and will officially open for public use in May this year, Lao News Agency reported, citing officials.

Latest Two men convicted of killing an Australian have had their death sentences reversed by a court in Thailand, awarding life sentences instead.

PHUKET: The Muang Phuket District Beach Protection Unit – whose role is to track progress on the new beach management system in Muang district – is preparing to launch new tourist information centres and place multilingual graphic signs at the district’s 10 beaches.

FOOTBALL: A FIFA task forces call on Tuesday (February 24) for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be shortened and held in November-December met immediate condemnation from Europes major football powers.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission agreed yesterday (February 25) to pursue impeachment charges against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and then-deputy Suthep Thaugsuban for ordering the bloody crackdown 2010 crackdown on red-shirt protesters. 

Latest Phuket and other destinations in Thailand take top spots for working remotely around the world. We’re not sure how the holiday island would fare if it was about remotely working.