bbc.com Malcolm Turnbull has been sworn in as Australia's new prime minister, after Tony Abbott was ousted by his party in a leadership challenge.

nationmultimedia.com The Information and Communication Technology Ministry is eyeing Phuket and Chiang Mai as ''smart cities'' that focus on tech start-ups as part of a move to turn Thailand into the digital hub of Asean.

hrw.org Thailand's junta should immediately release Pravit Rojanaphruk, a well-known reporter for The Nation newspaper, who has been detained incommunicado since September 13, 2015 for criticising military rule, Human Rights Watch said today.


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Phuket Update Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation is warning of heavy storms and surging waves on Phuket and in the Andaman region, resulting from tropical storm Vamco, which is now lashing Vietnam.

bbc.com A Thai journalist has been detained by Thailand's military rulers for ''attitude adjustment'' in what appears to be a fresh crackdown on dissent. Pravit Rojanaphruk is a columnist for the English language Nation newspaper.

bangkokpost.com The Appeals Court confirms the death sentence for Wanchai Saengkhao for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl on a Bangkok-bound train on July 5 last year.



bbc.com A key suspect in August's deadly Bangkok shrine bombing has fled to Turkey, Thai police say. They believe Abudusataer Abudureheman, also known as Ishan, organised the bombing, which killed 20 people.



thestar.com.my To tighten surveillance, Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to build a wall along their common border next year. Malaysian Armed Forces chief Gen Tan Sri Dr Zulkifeli Mohd Zin said the pact was reached at the General Border Committee Meeting and it would be referred to Parliament for provision of allocations.



bbc.com Children in Thailand's seafood processing industry are more exposed to workplace hazards and twice as likely to sustain injuries, a report has said. The report by the ILO and the Asia Foundation said 19.4 percent of children in those industries reported workplace injuries: ''Child labor is truly unacceptable in the 21st Century.''

irishtimes.com EU immigration policy was in disarray after ministers failed to reach agreement on a relocation scheme for refugees and countries began to introduce border checks within the union's free travel area.

afp Guards at a Khmer Rouge death camp held competitions to see how many prisoners they could murder in an hour, a court heard, the latest harrowing testimony at the trial of two top regime leaders.

bloombergview.com After taking power nearly 16 months ago, Thai coup leaders sought to banish all traces of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra from public life. It's more than a little ironic that they're now embracing his economic policies. Even though the Thai baht is down nine percent this year, exports contracted in each of the last seven months.

smh.com.au Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership is a chance to unify Australia by leading from the centre, something Tony Abbott was never able to achieve.

telegraph.co.ukJulie Bishop, Mr Abbott's former deputy who switched support to Mr Turnbull, has been on morning TV. She says changing leaders was ''a difficult decision'' and a ''challenging time for the party,'' but it was ''time to move on'' and ''maintain the stability of the Liberal Party''. She said Mr Abbott was ''sad and very hurt'' when she told him he had lost her support.

nationmultimedia.com Two Thais who could not be located following Friday's deadly Mecca crane collapse have been found at separate hospitals. The Thai Haj Affairs Office announced Tuanya-imah Na-nakhon had suffered leg injuries and Phisa Duangdol injured her neck, shoulder and back. The collapse killed 111 people and injured over 230.

wsj.com Philip Gregory, an Australian partner in a private equity firm, and his wife Elizabeth, a corporate lawyer, were married on the popular Thai vacation island of Phuket in November 2004. ''We noticed this site after our wedding and loved the area,'' Mr. Gregory says. ''We came back in mid 2005 and decided to buy.''

thephuketinsider.com Sander Looijen has been named as General Manager of the Renaissance Phuket Resort in Mai Khao. Previously he was Area Director Operations at Marriott International South Korea.

torontosun.com A pair of topless protesters interrupted a Muslim conference in Paris just as two fundamentalist preachers were discussing the question of ''whether wives should be beaten or not.'' The women, 25 and 31, belong to the group Femen - a feminist group founded in the Ukraine and known for its controversial topless protests.



smh.com.au The Indonesian government has ruled out evacuating residents from Sumatra despite media reports of deaths from respiratory illnesses due to crisis levels of pollution from forest fires.

skynews.com.au Indonesia has declared a state of emergency in a province choked with thick haze from forest fires, as fears mount that worsening air quality could affect the upcoming Grand Prix in neighboring Singapore.

democratic voice of burma The Myanmar government is set to work with Facebook to delete any accounts on the social network that post hate speech or incite personal attacks during the upcoming election, the President's Office said.



Agencies Leicester City's Thai owners are smiling today as the Foxes sit in second place in the Premier League, ahead of Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.



PHUKET hosts the southern region's Prison Fair until September 23 with all kinds of useful, well-made goods available at Saphan Hin park in Phuket City. Furniture is a specialty. Food and trees and plants are also on sale.

September Quicksilver surf carnival at Patong beach

October 15-23 Phuket Vegetarian Festival

November Patong Festival

November 20 Laguna Phuket Triathlon

November 25 Loy Kratong festival

November 29 Challenge Laguna Phuket 2015

November 29 Phuket King's Cup Regatta

December 5 HM The King's Birthday

December 26 Tsunami memorial ceremonies




January 7-10 Phuket International Boat Show