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PhuketWATCH Russia Fumes, World Waits; Richest Aussie Woman 'Buys on Phuket'; Loy Kratong ...
Phuket Updating Digest Australia’s richest woman has bought a Phuket villa, says a report; Russia accuses Turkey over shot-down fighter; Two charged over bombing; Seafood, slavery linked.
Asean Today: Facebook Can Lead to Jail; Seafood Linked to Slavery; Millionaires Choose Singapore
Around the Region Woman in Myanmar faces five years over posting; Singapore to pass Hong Kong for millionaires; China buys into Malaysia’s power supply; Haze may need early planning.
Sea-rescue drill to simulate small aircraft crash off Phuket
PHUKET: Tourists and residents at Nai Yang Beach have been urged not to panic while emergency rescue teams from Phuket International Airport conduct a sea-rescue exercise at the usually quiet beach on Thursday (Nov 26).
Motorists urged to keep Phuket roads clear for Bike for Dad ‘Practice Run II’
“We have to practice in real time to get ready for the actual event on December 11, for which more than 5,000 cyclists in Phuket have signed up to take part in,” said Gov Chamroen. The practice run will help officials and cyclists t…
Military Court indicts accused Erawan bombers
BANGKOK: The Bangkok Military Court today (Nov 24) indicted the two key suspects in the Erawan shrine bombing on ten charges.
Nestle says forced labour, abuse common among Thai seafood suppliers
Migrant workers toiling in Thailand’s seafood industry to supply Nestle SA and other global companies are subjected to hazardous, exploitative and degrading conditions in which some fishermen are even sold to other boat captains, a report commissioned by the company found.
Thai Military Asked by Key Rights Groups to Explain Deaths in Custody at 'The Facility'
Latest The International Commision of Jurists and Human Rights Watch have urged the Thai military to explain what caused the deaths of two prisoners and to cease holding others in ‘The Facility.’
Patong police deny violence in Russian restaurant G-MM copyright raid
PHUKET: Kathu Police Superintendent Col Chaiwat Ui-kam has denied any violence by his officers during a music copyright raid on a Russian restaurant in Patong – despite the owner having a black eye allegedly sustained in the angry confrontation.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO - Ambassadors visit Phuket, Karon sea-trash clean-up, Thai Airways strike
PHUKET XTRA - November 24. Irish Ambassador gives taxi a miss, Karon sea-trash removed, good taxi story out of Pattaya, Thai GLBT students bullied and urgent action need at Phi Phi. #PhuketNewsTV #PhuketTV