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EXCLUSIVE Phuket New Year Party Coming LIVE as Holiday Island Welcomes 2016

Latest Phuketwan welcomes 2016 with a burst of innovation by bringing viewers the Countdown to New Year from Phuket's Cape Promthep LIVE. Enjoy the last moments of 2015.

Navy Rescues Seven From Sea After Ship Sinks Off Phuket Coast

Latest A Royal Thai nNavy warship has succeeded in rescuing seven crew who survived the sinking of a cargo ship in rough seas about 118 nautical miles off Phuket.

Phuket Prosecutor Seeks Extra 30 Days in Phuketwan Case: Judge to Decide

Latest An extra 30 days is being sought by the Phuket Prosecutor in which to consider an appeal in the controversial Phuketwan case. A judge will reveal the decision early next week.

UPDATE Phuket Paparazzi Focus on Angelina and Brad at the Amanpuri

Latest With a jet-ski crash part of the Hollywood gossip mix about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the Amanpuri is said to be the Phuket resort where the stars are staying with their children.

Phuket Underpasses Make 2016 the Holiday Island's Year of Traffic

Latest The New Year and beyond will bring continuing work on Phuket's underpasses with one just starting, a second ahead of schedule and a third well behind schedule. The first is complete and a fifth yet to begin.

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Family Name Withdrawn; Aussies Back Burma Border Control; Phuket Beach Fiasco; Pattaya Teacher Drugged

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Phuket Updating Digest Suspects to lose Thai family name; Holidaymakers ''stunned and outraged'' by Phuket umbrella seizure; Aussies back Burma border controls; Uber seeks taxi peace; Phuket events. More »

Death Crashes Raise Insurance Issue

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Latest The families of two Koreans killed in a speedboat crash off Phuket want 10 million baht compensation - raising the issue of how jet-skis can be allowed to operate at just 150,000 baht per death. More »

Indonesia Must Disclose What It Knows About 'Disappearances,' Say Rights Groups

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Latest The disappearances of citizens at the hands of armed military personnel in Indonesia continue to tarnish the democracy's reputation, say rights groups. More »

Top Phuket Sports Resort Wins Thailand Tourism Minister's Praises

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Latest Thanyapura Phuket has been praised on a visit by Thailand's Tourism Minister as ''exactly in line'' with the preferred marketing model for Phuket. More »

Cut Price Smiles Gift; Scores Massacred; Thai Bribes Probe Widens; Global Travel Fraud Arrests

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Phuket Updating Digest Tweet leaves MAS embarrassed; Global probe into travel industry fraud; General explains Human Rights Watch ban; Uber operating illegally; Phuket events. More »

Tsunami Victim Family Reunion At Last

Friday, November 28, 2014

Latest A tsunami victim described as 'the man who waits in the cool container'' has been returned to his family eight years on as an audit turns up more bodies than authorities expected. More »

Analysis: Thailand's Government Must Strip Councils of Control of Phuket's Beaches

Friday, November 28, 2014

Latest It's time for Thailand's Government to intervene and strip Phuket's local councils of control over Phuket's beaches. The councils are clearly unable to tell right from wrong. More »

Phuket's Uber Illegal, Taxi Officials Rule in Thailand

Friday, November 28, 2014

Latest Land Transport department officials say Uber taxis are illegal and their drivers will face arrest. This month the app service arrived on Phuket with the promise of new technology-driven changes. More »

Angry Confrontation as Council at Phuket Beach Seizes Tourists' Umbrellas: Photo Special

Friday, November 28, 2014

Latest The seizure of tourists' personal umbrellas at one Phuket beach today throws a farcical twist on the will-they or won't-they clearances of the holiday island's beaches. More »

Jet-Skis, Taxis Top Dutch Envoy's List of Phuket's Must-Solve Problems

Friday, November 28, 2014

Latest The pressure went up a notch or two this week when Dutch Ambassador Joan Boer said that jet-ski and taxi issues must be solved quickly or tourists will quit Phuket. More »

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