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Latest Island-hopping can be the preference of tourists but an island-hopping property title has provoked a dispute involving the DSI off Phuket's coast.
Latest A Russian woman who advertised a Phuket condo for sale on Facebook at a price lower than what the owner was asking found herself arrested for having no work permit.
Latest Concrete walls and ''Private Property'' signs around an extremely valuable five-star Phuket beachfront strip should be torn down, a vice governor tells a meeting.
News Analysis The takeover of Starwood by Marriott creates the world's biggest resorts and hotels group and that is likely to mean quickening development on tourist island destinations.
Latest The Swedish furniture and household goods brand Ikea is opening Asia's first Pickup and Order Point on Phuket later this month, according to reports.
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By Chutima Sidasathian Monday, August 11, 2014
Latest Club Med, which drove tourism on Phuket with the opening of its Kata beach resort 30 years ago, is now looking for a second resort site in Thailand. More »
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By Chutima Sidasathian Saturday, August 9, 2014
Latest The iconic Phuket resort of Club Med is offering a new public park and a large increase in rent to local authorities to cement a new 30-year shorefront lease. More »
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By Chutima Sidasathian Saturday, August 2, 2014
Latest The development of private marinas on Phuket contravened the principle that the island's coast belonged to the public, a meeting heard this week. More »
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By Sert Tongdee Friday, August 1, 2014
Latest The Royal Thai Navy and Phuket administrators are investigating a trailblazer's suspicious activities high above the 80-metre hills line, designed to protect against development. More »
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By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison Sunday, July 27, 2014
PHOTO ALBUM Piles of trash have been dumped close to Phuket's Freedom beach, a fitting metaphor for the stink being created by the island's many opportunists. The clean-up is underway. More »
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By Chutima Sidasathian Thursday, July 24, 2014
PHOTO ALBUM The first decision has been made on an uncompleted resort and spa that was alleged to have been on land misappropriated from a Phuket park: the Peninsula is legal. More »
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Friday, July 18, 2014
Latest The National Anti-Corruption Commission has set up a sub-committee to specifically examine the largest tract of land allegedly involved in Phuket parkland misappropriation. More »
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By Chutima Sidasathian Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Latest Misappropriated slices of Phuket parkland had been illegally sold to foreign buyers at up to 25 million baht a rai, the Director of Sirinath National Park has told Phuketwan. More »
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Latest The Department of Special Investigation is probing the property titles to one five-star Phuket resort and ''90 percent certain'' that the investigation of a second five-star resort will proceed. More »
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By Sert Tongdee Monday, June 30, 2014
Latest A Swedish man on the run for two years has been arrested in Bangkok and returned to Phuket where he is accused of defrauding Russians of 22m baht in property scams. More »
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Have heard that OCTOPUS has reopened in the Talang District, does anyone know where?
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