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Junta woos Chinese; vows interim government within three months
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Junta chief woos Chinese The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Junta chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha yesterday called on Chinese businessmen to help create a good understanding of the situation in post-coup Thailand in order to retain investments and tourists from China. The chief of the ruling…
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World Cup gambling slated to reach B$43bn
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World Cup gambling slated to reach B$43bn The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Thais are expected to spend an estimated Bt69 billion during the upcoming football World Cup in Brazil – with gambling on matches forecast to generate Bt43.5 billion alone, according to a University of…
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Press chief charged over wife’s murder
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Press chief charged over wife’s murder The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: In a twist in the recent murder of the wife of the chairman of the Songkhla-based Press Association of Southern Thailand, police have arrested the husband and alleged he masterminded the killing. The arrest…
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Yingluck faces assets probe
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Yingluck faces assets probe The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The national anti-graft agency yesterday resolved to examine the assets of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and four other members of her Cabinet involved in her government’s loss-making and corruption-plagued rice price-pledging scheme. The National Anti-Corruption…
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Body parts, weapons found near Bangkok anti-govt rally site
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Body parts, weapons found near anti-govt rally site The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The lower part of a human body and a large amount of explosives-related devices and weapons have been found in a canal near a rally site in Bangkok previously occupied by anti-government…
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Junta plays music, movies, transparency to heal the rift
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Music, movies, transparency – healing the rift The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has resorted to festive fairs, music, historical movies, preaching by monks, oath-taking and campaigns to woo grassroots support as part of its efforts to bridge…
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Thailand News: Consumer confidence rebounds; Junta eases media gag, turns to web, Facebook
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Consumer confidence rebounds The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Consumer confidence last month improved for the first time in 14 months and to the highest level in four months on anticipation of cool-headed politics after the military stepped in pull the country out of a year-long…
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Police fear Yala pickup in deadly hijack may be used as car bomb
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Police hunt for pickup after fatal shooting The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Following the fatal shooting of a Yala man in Pattani’s Nong Chik district on Sunday, police yesterday hunted for the victim’s pickup out of fear that the attackers may have taken it 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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At least 12 Vietnam students killed in Thai van crash
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community At least 12 Vietnam students killed in crash The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Twelve Vietnamese students and a Thai van driver died after their chartered vehicle collided head-on with an 18-wheel truck in Chaiyaphum’s Kaeng Khro district yesterday morning. The van burst into flames after…
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