PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
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Today's Top News Items
bangkokpost.com The Thap Lan park chief has sought a transfer from the popular national park after his life was threatened because of his campaign to crack down on encroaching resorts.
thetimes.co.uk Kim Jong Un appears to have promoted his younger sister Kim Yo Jong to consolidate his family's third generation of tyranny over North Korea.
bangkokpost.com Detectives have the names of another four dozen policemen found in a ''book of bribes'' seized from a suspected oil smuggler in the deep South..
Phuket World of People
Phuket Update Five buildings ruled to be on public land on the Nai Yang shorefront are set for demolition with a deadline of December 8, a meeting has been told at Phuket Provincial Hall. The demolition would conclude the clearances along the beach and shorefront at the Phuket beach, not far from the Phuket International Airport.
mcot A Greek diplomat was killed in a freak railway accident when she fell from a moving train in Kanchanaburi province and was apparently dragged to her death. The victim was identified Aristea Liapi, an attache at the Greek Embassy in Bangkok.
afp Eleven beheaded bodies were found in Mexico's troubled southern state of Guerrero, a region still reeling from the apparent massacre of 43 students.
traveller.com.au Tourists travelling to India from 43 countries including Thailand will no longer have to queue at their local consulates to obtain visas after New Delhi announced a long-awaited easing of border controls. Tourists from countries including the US, Brazil, Germany and Japan will now be able to apply online and then receive the green light within four days, before getting their visa at an airport on arrival.
news.com.au A suicide bomber has rammed his explosives-packed car into a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, killing one British citizen and at least five Afghans.
reuters Tensions eased in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson after two nights of violence and looting sparked by racially charged anger over a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager.
telegraph.co.uk TAT Governor Thawatchai Arunyik: ''For the international market, we would like to convey that beyond the beauty of the Thai beaches - one of the main tourist attractions - Thai people are very kind and ready to be a good host to all tourists.''
scmp.com E-cigarettes contain up to 10 times the amount of cancer-causing agents as regular tobacco, scientists said, the latest blow to an invention once heralded as less harmful than smoking.
news.com.au A drunk British man bound for Cuba on his honeymoon found himself grounded in Bermuda after threatening flight crew, with his wife continuing on to Cuba without him.
reuters The websites of British and North American media organisations and retailer Wal-Mart's Canadian unit were hacked in a suspected attack by the Syrian Electronic Army, an amorphous hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
gloucestercitizen.co.uk A 36-year-old Gloucester teacher who travelled the world working died of heart failure after collapsing in a Bangkok hotel, an inquest heard. Dad of two Surjit Kapletia was discovered unconscious in his hotel room on August 13.
theguardian.com Authors including Patricia Cornwell and Ian Rankin have led tributes to PD James, the crime writer who has died aged 94.
Around the Asean Region
thephuketinsider.com The struggling Vietnamese real estate sector is expected go gain momentum on news that lawmakers have approved reforms for foreign property ownership.
channelnewsasia.com Restaurant-goers in Singapore can expect to be served by autonomous flying robots - the world's first commercial attempt - by the end of next year.
bbc.com Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak has gone back on a pledge to repeal a controversial sedition law, saying it will instead be strengthened.
Phuket World of Sport
bbc.com The death of Phillip Hughes has left a country weeping and has ''changed cricket forever'' - according to former Australian batsman Michael Slater. The 25-year-old died two days after being struck in the neck during a domestic match in Australia.
Coming Events on Phuket 2014
November 29-December 6 King's Cup Regatta
December 5 King's Birthday
December 10 Constitution Day
December 25 Christmas Day
December 26 10th Anniversary, 2004 Tsunami
December 31 New Year's Eve
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
February 13-15 Phuket Yacht Show
