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Phuket School Lunchtime Shooting: Second Teen Dies

By Sert Tongdee

Latest A second boy shot in the school lunchtime gunplay in Phuket City has died. Calls are likely to follow the tragedy for parents and police to more closely supervise teens. More »

UPDATE Australia's Honorary Consul for Phuket Finally Confirmed

By Alan Morison

Latest A Canadian lawyer has been confirmed as Australia's new honorary consul for Phuket. She is lawyer Michelle Hawryluk. Ms Hawryluk joins about 20 other envoys on the holiday island. More »

Boat Lost, Scores Feared Drowned; Phuket to Korea Flight Halted; What Next for Thailand?

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Drownings feared as boat sinks; THAI kills routes including Phuket to Korea; Thailand's future obscured by Shinawatra figureheads; Andy Murray into Open final. More »

Asean Today: Firing Squad Ready for More; Virgins Recover; MH370 Declared Lost; Singapore Crime Up

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region Indonesia won't budge on executions of foreigners; Malaysia declares MH370 an accident; Cambodia virginity recovery service; Influenza from China causes alarm. More »

Death Penalties Could Leave Aussie Police 'With Blood on Their Hands'

By Lindsay Murdoch, Southeast Asia Correspondent, Fairfax Media

Latest With stays of executions unlikely, the pending firing squad appearance of two Australians in Bali raises questions about police morals and could leave a force 'with blood on their hands.' More »

Phuket Body in Bin Case: Killer Sentenced

By Prasit Tarnsirisin

Latest The Norwegian man who admitted to accidentally killing his former lover has been sentenced to nine years in jail. Having served three years, he will be free in 20121. More »

UPDATE Phuket School Shooting at Lunchtime: One Student Dead, Two Wounded

By Chutima Sidasathian

PHOTO ALBUM One student is dead and two wounded after a lunchtime shooting outside a Phuket City school. Three youths have surrendered but the gunman is still being hunted by police. More »

Resorts See Recovery; Shell Moves on Oil; US at Loggerheads

By Phuketwan Reporters

Phuket Updating Digest Singapore plans a consulate on Phuket; Resorts seeing recovery; British finish in hospital in Bangkok; US, Thailand, disagree on democracy; How Japanese were cheated. More »

Asean Today: Time Zone Link for 10; Bali Death Puzzle; Trade in Cats for Food; MH370 Report Coming

By Phuketwan Reporters

Around the Region Same time zone proposed for Asean; MH370 report in March; Carlsberg to brew Burma Beer; Maids disappear in Malaysia; Trade in cats uncovered More »

Royal Thai Navy Case 'Can Be Settled'

Latest Human rights lawyers have presented US officials visiting Thailand with a statement from two Phuket reporters on how a criminal defamation case could be quickly resolved. More »