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PhuketWATCH Phuket 'Riviera of Asia' Plan; Thailand Tourism in Transit; Isis Hacks Back; Battle ...

PhuketWATCH Phuket 'Riviera of Asia' Plan; Thailand Tourism in Transit; Isis Hacks Back; Battle ...

Phuket Updating Digest Thailand aims to tackle trafficking seriously; Tourism must be prepared for best and worst; Hack attack by Isis; China couples seek seconds child; Ronaldo tops.

Asean Today: Orgy, Pop Bands Trouble Malaysia; Singapore Arrivals Fall; End Torture, Amnesty Urges

Around the Region Malaysia orgy leads to arrests; Pop band in trouble over hugs; Cambodia opens dam; Singapore arrivals dip; Viets to reform banking; End torture, urges Amnesty.

One door, two-seats, three-wheels

One door, two-seats, three-wheels

New American eco-car could be a game-changer for petrol motors market

Light Rail train ‘will run every 5 minutes’ in Phuket Town: VIDEO

Light Rail train ‘will run every 5 minutes’ in Phuket Town: VIDEO

PHUKET: Further details about Phuket̕s Light Rail System (LRS) have been revealed, including the fact that trains are expected to run every five minutes in Phuket Town.

Phuket gun teens under investigation after Facebook posts

Phuket gun teens under investigation after Facebook posts

PHUKET: Police in Phuket are keeping an eye on teenagers who have been posting pictures of themselves on Facebook, describing themselves as gang members and in some cases posing with guns.

Phuket scrambles to dodge EU red card on seafood exports

Phuket scrambles to dodge EU red card on seafood exports

PHUKET: The Phuket Fisheries Office is scrambling to fix irregularities in the island’s fishing industry bythe end of this month, following a warning by the European Union (EU) of trade sanctions if illegal fishing is not curbed.

Crashed AirAsia jets flight data recorder retrieved

Crashed AirAsia jets flight data recorder retrieved

Indonesian divers Monday retrieved the flight data recorder of the AirAsia plane that went down in the Java Sea with 162 people on board, a potential breakthrough in efforts to discover what caused the crash. 

Phuket Gov to crack down on work camps, developers’ excesses

Phuket Gov to crack down on work camps, developers’ excesses

PHUKET: Following the riot between Burmese and Cambodian construction workers in the work camp at Phuket International Airport on New Year’s Day, Governor Nisit Jansomwong is to set up a team to check conditions in all work camps around the island.

Rohingya woman dies in truck travelling from Phang Nga

Rohingya woman dies in truck travelling from Phang Nga

A Rohingya woman has died after suffocating in a truck packed with migrants from the Myanmar Muslim minority group as they travelled through southern Thailand, police said toady (January 12).

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