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African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned yesterday (March 23) at a major conservation summit in Botswana that highlighted an alarming decline in numbers due to poaching for ivory.

More than 50 women in Chiang Mai province say their photographs were used without their permission to make fake profiles on a dating website.

Thailand has made significant advances to deal with human trafficking, and is working towards developing a case system to track data and statistics, according to the governments anti-human trafficking committee.

Thailand has made significant advances to deal with human trafficking, and is working towards developing a case system to track data and statistics, according to the governments anti-human trafficking committee.

Latest Australian Anthony Lark has been appointed bothGM and MD at Trisara, one of Phuket’s most prestigious five stars, on the west coast overlooking the Andaman Sea.

Latest A man who feared his mistress was leaving him for another man shot her dead. He had previously given her a house and a restaurant, but he feared she was going.

Phuket Updating Digest Krabi Sheraton becomes Dusit resort; Keemala’s new boss; Trafficking crackdown in Thailand’s fishing; How man found himself in Pattaya; Vietnam theft ring smashed.

Around the Region Looking back on what made Lee Kuan Yew so creative; Cambodia-Laos in security link; Japan-Indonesia pact on defence; Hotspurs for Malaysian game.

KOH SAMUI: The fast and furious crackdowns on criminal gangs in popular Koh Samui in Surat Thani last week are encouraging police to expand their list of targets to include more tourist destinations nationwide including, possibly, Phuket.