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bloomberg Investigators trying to find a passenger jet that vanished will shift their focus to a new location south of previous searches after three months of combing the Indian Ocean failed to find debris.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.
Today's Top News Items
bangkokpost.com The Thai offshoot of Vietnam's no-frills airline VietJet Air plans to start commercial service in September. The airline is most likely to begin with flights from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport to Chiang Mai and Phuket, where flight slot allocations are limited due to heavy air traffic.
eturbonews.com VietJet lost a flight crew. The crew was suspended by Vietnam's aviation authority after a flight bound for the tourist hub of Da Lat landed at another airport more than 100 kilometers away last week.
bangkokpost.com Thailand's military and bureaucrats are forming five panels to monitor the media around the clock, screening for what the coup council alleges are lies, fomenting violence and stirring up hatred against the monarchy - triggering immediate and strong criticism.
nationmultimedia.com China rushed to praise the Thai military junta even as the US mounted pressure by cutting some military aid, leading to concerns over pressure from western allies, including the EU and Australia.
World Cup 2014
skysports.com Xherdan Shaqiri netted a clinical hat-trick as Switzerland beat Honduras 3-0 to reach the last 16 of the World Cup. France's 0-0 draw with Ecuador means they go through as group winners and earn a kinder draw against Nigeria in the next round.
news.com.au Ahmed Musa scored twice for Nigeria against Argentina, but Lionel Messi grabbed a brace of his own to match Neymar's record of four goals in three games so far.
buzzfeed.com Bosnia defeats Iran, 3-1. It's the first ever World Cup win for Bosnia. Both teams are going home.
World Cup Games Tonight
Portugal v Ghana; USA v Germany; Korea Republic v Belgium; Algeria v Russia.
Phuket World of People
ttrweekly.com Business for Phuket's tourism industry remains robust with passenger arrivals growing 26 percent and hotel occupancy rates reaching more than 80 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to two reports by property consulting firms CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) and C9 Hotelworks.
nationmultimedia.com Australia's Jetstar is taking off today from Bangkok to Fukuoka to capture market demand for the East. Jetstar operates 62 flights a week from Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney to Phuket and from Melbourne and Singapore to Bangkok.
thestar.com.my Malindo Air will commence direct flights to Krabi, Thailand, from Subang and Penang, from mid-September.
anna.aero Shanghai-based Juneyao began thrice-weekly operations from Pudong to Krabi on June 21.
bbc.com A man wanted in connection with dozens of murders and kidnappings in his native Russia has been arrested in Thailand. Alexander Matusov is accused of leading a criminal group blamed for the murders of about 60 people since 1995. He was on a retirement visa.
afp A three-course lunch hosted by eccentric Chinese millionaire Chen Guangbiao for 250 homeless New Yorkers in a posh restaurant degenerated into fury when guests were denied $300 cash handouts.
wsj.com A car bomb detonated outside an upscale shopping mall in Nigeria's capital, killing 21 people and injuring 17 more, police said, in a fresh sign of how close an Islamic insurgency has moved to the heart of Africa's largest economy.
scmp.com Rupert Murdoch has been officially informed by Scotland Yard that detectives want to interview him as a suspect as part of their inquiry into allegations of crime at his British newspapers.
ndtv.com Eli Wallach, the actor who starred in the 1960s film classics The Magnificent Seven and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, has died. He was 98.
news.com.au Adam Kuhn, a senior aide to a US Republican politician, has resigned after his porn star ex-girlfriend tweeted at least one picture of his genitalia as revenge for breaking up with her.
watoday.com.au If you work in recruitment, property, retail or the traditional media, be afraid. Your time-honored ways of doing business are being subverted right now by new forms of digital technology.
bangkokpost.com Bunny Ventures Co, the publisher of Playboy Thailand, is branching out into a digital magazine and a satellite TV channel to take full advantage of its content and offset a decline in print advertising.
couriermail.com.au While the majority of the resorts on Phuket are centred on the south and western shores, by turning off Route 402 at the Heroines Monument circle, drivers head on a 11km loop that delivers excellent bay views and small fishing villages.
What's Happening Around Asean Nations
ap A Nazi-themed music video supporting a candidate in next month's Indonesian presidential election is causing outrage. The video, 'Indonesia Bangkit,' or 'Awakening Indonesia,' is based on Queen's 'We Will Rock You.' Brian May, Queen's lead guitarist, has waded into the controversy, saying ''of course this is completely unauthorised by us.''
scmp.com Malaysia's premier appointed a new transport minister to replace Hishammuddin Hussein, who took charge during the search for missing flight MH370.
cnn.com Australian authorities most likely will announce the next search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Thursday, a senior Malaysian official told CNN.
theguardian.com Australia is now explicitly viewed as a problem by an increasingly nationalist Indonesia, eyed with suspicion by an assertive China and with anger or tepid acceptance by formerly close regional friends.
channelnewsasia.com Indonesia's disaster agency warned that haze could return to neighboring Singapore and Malaysia after a huge jump in forest fires in a province at the centre of a smog crisis last year.
Phuket World of Sport
afp Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a testing Centre Court examination at the hands of close friend and veteran serve-and-volleyer Radek Stepanek to reach the Wimbledon third round.
Coming Events on Phuket
July 11 Arsanha Bucha Day
July 16-20 Phuket Race Week yachting, Cape Panwa
August 12 Queen's Birthday
September 24-October 2 Vegetarian Festival, Phuket
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
November 6 Loy Kratong
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
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
