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Vehicle sales in Thailand in November slumped by 21.8 per cent compared with the same month in 2013, according to an announcement by Toyota Motor Thailand.

MOSCOW: Russias economy shrank in November for the first time in five years, the government said on Monday (December 29), as sliding oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine took their toll.

Banyan Tree Residences has expanded its portfolio by launching its first wholly residential property within Laguna Phuket and adjacent to the flagship Banyan Tree Resort on Phuket’s prime west coast location of Phuket.

The island is slowly becoming a multi-sport haven: from triathlons to swimming to combat sports, football and even golf. There was no shortage of epic sports moments on the island in 2014. In this retrospective, The Phuket News says ‘sawadee krup’ to the year that was…

HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND: The New Zealander caught in Phuket on meth and cocaine possession charges on Christmas Eve is also wanted in his home country on credit card fraud charges, the New Zealand Herald reports.

PHUKET: A tour bus has crashed in the Kamala area, near the Thavorn Beach Village, injuring 28 among the 42 people aboard the bus, mostly Russian tourists, along with a car driver.

News Analysis With the UN’s backing for change in Burma, the downtrodden and stateless Rohingya have real hope that 2015 will bring freedoms and citizenship soon.

PHOTO ALBUM The names of Russian tourists injured in a bus crash on Phuket have been released. Remarkably, only two Thais - a guide and the car’s driver - were admitted to hospital.

Latest A Phuketwan reader has exposed how a New Zealand man arrested over drugs in Patong has another identity as the accused credit card conman who ripped off many people including his family.