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Ubon businessman kills himself after receiving NCPO summons
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ubon businessman kills himself after receiving NCPO summons The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An Ubon Ratchathani businessman took his life yesterday after being summoned by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), but the local police chief doubts if the suicide was linked to…
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World War II bomb found at Bangkok MRT project site
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World War II bomb found at Bangkok MRT project site The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A vintage aerial bomb discovered yesterday at a site near Bang Sue train station marked for construction of a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train station was secured by the Air…
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Government officials return to work
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Government officials return to work The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Government officials returned to work yesterday as Government House and the Interior Ministry opened for the first time since anti-government protests kicked off – eventually leading to the coup. Pol General Adul Saengsingkaew, the deputy…
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Thai tanker and crew home safe after hijack
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thai tanker and crew back in Chon Buri after hijack and theft of oil off Kalimantan The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pirates have released a Thai tanker that was bound for Indonesia after stealing its oil, in the latest attack in Southeast Asian waters, the…
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Thailand News: No retreat from democracy; Reporter freed; Soldiers play cat-and-mouse with protesters
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ‘No retreat from democracy’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thailand is not retreating from democracy and seeks understanding from its economic and strategic partners while the country undergoes political reforms, a top Thai official said yesterday. Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Thailand’s permanent secretary for foreign affairs, was…
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Gen Prayuth says reconciliation, reform to take about a year – elections to wait
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Gen Prayuth says reconciliation, reform to take about a year Reuters / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) leader Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said yesterday that a process of reconciliation between political factions and reforms would take about one year, and only after…
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Junta seeks to block social-media access to ‘inappropriate content’
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Junta seeks to block social-media access to ‘inappropriate content’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The junta’s online content monitoring panel will seek cooperation from social-network operators to block accessibility in Thailand to Facebook pages, Line groups and YouTube videos that have inappropriate content, especially those…
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Thai junta debunks outrage over Facebook outage
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ‘No policy to block FB’ The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) said yesterday that it had no policy to block social media, after there was brief chaos as Facebook faced technical failure at its Internet gateway. Facebook was…
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Army rolls out reconciliation centers; confirms Yingluck free
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Army aims to heal rift The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: To patch up the rifts in society, coup leader Maj Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday ordered the four Army areas to set up reconciliation centres throughout the country. The centres would be forums for people to…
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Rice-pledge agency denies losing 3 million tonnes of rice
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PWO denies losing 3-million tonnes of rice The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Public Warehouse Organisation yesterday denied that it had lost as much as 3 million tonnes of rice as leaked by an audit committee source to the public, saying a figure was missing…
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Thailand News: Now free, PDRC leaders turn to Facebook; Rice farmers thankful for payments
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PDRC members tell their time in military lock-up The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Members of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) freed on Monday from several days of military detention after acknowledging sedition charges are now telling the world of the experience on social media.…
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20-per-cent drop in tourists
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 20-per-cent drop in tourists The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The arrival of foreign tourists has dropped by 20 per cent following the imposition of martial law, Permanent Secretary for Sports and Tourism Suwat Sidthilaw said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Navy chief…
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Pattani bombs hit families hardest
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Pattani bombs hit families hardest The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Among the many victims of simultaneous bomb attacks in Pattani last Saturday were the Sideh family. They lost a son, Isfan, and their bread-winning father was hurt too badly to continue working as a taxi…
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PDRC leaders freed on bail, face sedition charges
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community PDRC leaders freed on bail, face sedition charges The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Suthep Thaugsuban and 12 other leaders of the anti-“Thaksin regime” People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) were yesterday freed from several days of military detention after acknowledging sedition charges. PDRC co-leader Anchalee Paireerak…
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Finance seeks Bt50-bn term loans to pay off rice farmers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Finance seeks Bt50-bn term loans to pay off rice farmers The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Finance Ministry has invited 32 state and private banks to bid for the first phase of a three-year programme of bridge loans totalling Bt50 billion to pay rice farmers…
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Junta to receive royal endorsement
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Junta to receive royal endorsement The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha will be given a royal command, appointing him as the head of the NCPO, and a ceremony will be held at 10.49am today at the Royal Thai Army headquarters on…
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Three killed in Pattani bomb blasts
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Three killed in Pattani bomb blasts The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Insurgents launched simultaneous bomb attacks on 15 locations in Pattani late Saturday evening, killing three people and wounding 73. A Navy patrol boat and five convenience stores were damaged, while power and water utilities…
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Red shirt terror plot subverted, suspects arrested
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Red shirt terror plot subverted, suspects arrested The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Army says 22 in custody after being found with weapons; says they had orders from red-shirt leaders to carry out attack in Khon Kaen Twenty-one men and one woman, who were arrested over…
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HM The King acknowledges coup
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community King acknowledges to coup The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: His Majesty the King has acknowledged that the power seizure was carried out by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the junta said in a statement yesterday. In the statement, signed by Army chief…
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Coup leaders dissolve Senate; sack police, DSI chiefs
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Junta dissolves Senate, set to form legislative assembly The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Junta chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha, who is also the acting prime minister, has dissolved the Senate, the only remaining legislative body, and is set to assume legislative power, according to an order…
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Thai ex-premier Yingluck detained, junta to face media on coup
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thai ex-premier Yingluck detained, junta to face media on coup The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Former premier Yingluck Shinawatra has been detained by leaders of Thailand’s military junta, a source in her party said today as the army prepared to brief the media for the…
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Thailand News: Bangkok creeps back to life; Junta wants reforms before elections; Key figures report to NPOMC
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Capital creeps back to life The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: An uneasy calm settled over Bangkok yesterday as one of the world’s most vibrant cities crept back to life after a night-time curfew imposed by the military. The capital’s usual morning gridlock was relieved as…
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More weapons of war seized in martial law crackdown
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community More weapons of war seized in martial law crackdown The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A joint military-police team launched two more raids and seized a cache of war weapons under the martial law as ordered by Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha. Deputy Army spokesman Colonel…
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All protesters dispersed by soldiers; PDRC jubilant
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community All protesters dispersed by soldiers; PDRC jubilant The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Pro-government red-shirt protesters at Aksa Road rally site began returning home yesterday after the Army seized power and soldiers were sent in to take control of the situation. Earlier, the soldiers seized control…
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War weapons linked to political unrest seized
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Raids seize large caches of war weapons linked to political unrest The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Acting under the martial law declared early Tuesday morning, joint teams of military and police officers launched raids at three locations to hunt for war weapons thought to have…
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Fire razes 150-year-old market, 50 homes destroyed
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Fire razes 150-year-old market in Bang Phli The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: “Though it was fortunate that my family managed to escape unharmed, we are heartbroken to see the 150-year-old market burned down, especially since it was an iconic place in [Samut Prakan’s] Bang Phli…
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Five male suspects arrested in Narathiwat
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Five male suspects arrested in Narathiwat The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: A 100-strong team of paramilitary rangers took five men into custody yesterday during a raid on three villages in Narathiwat’s Rangae district. The arrests were made under martial law. In a move to hunt…
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Police vow quick action on stabbing death near Bangkok rally site
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police vow quick action on stabbing death The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Metropolitan Police have vowed to quickly solve the stabbing to death of a homeless man whose body was found stuffed in a sack near an anti-government rally site earlier this week. Pol Maj-General…
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Drop election if too dangerous: Army
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Drop election if too dangerous: Army The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Election Commission (EC) secretary general Puchong Nutrawong said the Army had told him that if the next general election was likely to result in bloodshed, or would be too difficult to arrange, the EC…
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Business groups hail army move if there is no coup
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Foreign business groups hail army move if there is no coup The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Foreign chambers and business associations hope that the declaration of martial law will lead to an increase in security and safety, and eventually to a functioning government. Darren Buckley,…
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