bangkokpost.com The chairman of the Trang Fishing Association and eight others were arrested on human trafficking charges and three boats seized in predawn raids on land and at sea on Saturday.


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bangkokpost.com The high road fatality rates that make Thai roads the world's second deadliest may in fact be understated, said Prommin Kantiya, director of the Accident Prevention Network (APN): ''I think Thailand should be number one.''

afp Sunday's Myanmar election, billed as the freest the former junta ruled nation has seen in decades, has been accompanied by a crescendo in anti-Muslim sentiment led by a hardcore of Buddhist monks.

bangkokpost.com PM Prayut dashes hopes for earlier elections, saying he sees no reason to change the junta's current timetable, which puts the vote around July 2017.



Phuket Update Accumulated garbage and low maintenance has been blamed for pumps failing to prevent the flooding of Phuket's Central Festival underpass before dawn yesterday. Authorities promise it won't happen again.

bangkokpost.com Wilailak Pidtathasa, 33, a female friend and two Australian men were entering the Chon Buri province red-light district when her younger former lover, soldier conscript Santirat Raksapakdi, 21, leaped out of the shadows outside a 7-Eleven store and plunged a knife into her back, knifed her several more times, then embraced her as she died.

theguardian.com Russia has suspended flights to all Egyptian airports in an apparent acknowledgement by the Kremlin that a terrorist attack could have brought down a Russian-operated plane over the Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

nationmultimedia.com The Criminal Court sentenced two red-shirt guards to 43 years each after convicting them of involvement in the firing of an M79 grenade at a rally of the People's Democratic Reform Committee in 2014.

bangkokpost.com SET-listed property company Singha Estate Plc (S) has raised its revenue forecast to 30 billion baht in 2020 from 20 billion baht, boosted by active acquisitions of offices and hotels in Thailand and overseas.

afp The New York Times has taken its first step into virtual reality, launching a new app and distributing a Google cardboard viewer that offers ''a new form of story telling.''

bangkokpost.com Even as countries such as Vietnam and India posted marked gains in English skills, Thailand's ranking fell the most in the Asian region, with the country now boasting better skills than only Cambodia and Mongolia on the list.

nationmultimedia.com Several beer garden operators have declined to respond to the allegation that beer gardens violate the Alcohol Control Act - although they claim they sell more food than alcohol.

telegraph.co.uk Almost 40 years after his death, The King is back at the top of the charts. If I Can Dream, an album of 14 classic Elvis Presley tracks reworked by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, has sold 79,000 copies, taking it to number one in the UK charts.



kyodo news The Cambodian government decided to stop outsourcing to a private company the sales of tickets to Angkor Wat starting next year. In a statement released after the weekly cabinet meeting, it said a public enterprise would be established to handle ticket sales.



smh.com.au Pakistan-born Usman Khawaja scored a Test hundred in his first match for Australia and helped put the Aussies in a commanding position against New Zealand.



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