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Latest A sailing magazine is wondering what happened to the owner of a yacht that washed ashore at Phuket’s Kata beach in circumstances that had them questioning why.

Phuket Updating Digest Thailand, Indonesia, Burma probe ‘‘slave’’ village; Kenya terrorists kill scores at university; UN questions Thailand’s new law; Behind Phuket’s elephant ride rumpus.

Around the Region Cambodia, Singapore to check Thai aircraft; ‘‘Innocent’’ Canadian teacher gets 10 years; Malaysia’s journalists wear black; Vietnam tourists fall as Chinese, Russians stay home.

PHUKET: New warning zone signs, written in three languages, were put up around Nai Harn Lake today (April 2) aimed at preventing drowning incidents, especially involving children. Several have died there in previous years.

PHUKET: Next Monday, April 6, is Chakri Day, marking the anniversary of the ascension to the Siamese throne of King Rama I, King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, the founder of the Chakri Dynasty that has ruled Thailand ever since.

Police, soldiers and relevant park authorities are returning to the so-called Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province today (April 2) as missing tigers remains a mystery.

SURAT THANI — Police have arrested two Russians on Koh Phan Ngan who allegedly sold homemade marijuana bongs via a Facebook page.

The government has launched policies it believes will move Thailand up a notch in the industrial sector and enable its annual economic growth to surpass an average 4-5 per cent a year, says Deputy Prime Minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula.

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-Ocha has announced that all income earners in the country must register so that the government can ensure precisely that all government aid reaches those who are genuinely in need of help.