Phuket Latest News

PHUKET: Phuket’s visionary MontAzure development, an exclusive mixed-use community in Kamala district, has teamed up with leading-edge hospitality company Twinpalms to launch a branded residential project on one of the last direct beach front sites on the west coast of the island.

The campaign to wear a red shirt yesterday (Nov 1) as an indicator of support for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra passed quietly, even in some strongholds of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).

Get ready, Oasis ed Phuket is launching an exciting new creative space, Grand Opening, on Saturday November 7.

Latest Police in the Phuket west coast holiday hub of Patong attempted to settle an incident involving a large Australian tourist and a ladyboy at Halloween by mediation.

News Analysis No self-respecting tourist or Phuket resident will adopt a transport system that is slower than the one they already use. Yet Bangkok authorities are persisting with the Phuket tram.

Around the Region Millions turn out to pray for souls of dead; Cambodia hoping for AEC lift; Vietnam has high number of kidney patients; Aung San Suu Kyi draws big election crowd.

PHUKET: Thachadchai Police have recalled their initial report about a multi-million-baht crystal meth bust at the Thachadchai Police Station, claiming that that bust was much smaller than initially reported.

PHUKET: Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a 60-year-old Belgian national who was found hanged in a Patong resort bathroom this morning.

PHUKET: Three drug mules from Suratthani were arrested this morning at the Thachadchai Checkpoint after they were caught trying to smuggle 2 kilos of Crystal Meth onto the island early this morning.