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Pampered pooch feeds on woman’s breasts
PHUKET: A woman in Lampang province hit the headlines after it emerged she was breastfeeding her pet poodle. Amphawan Bunyarak, 42, told reporters she had breastfed her two-year-old dog “Makrood”, whose name means “Kaffir Lime”, every day since he was born. The animal-crazy woman’s house in Sala subdistrict is full of creatures, including chickens, geese, cats, dogs and birds. She…
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Weird World News: Packing and products from a “pickle’ to poo
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News roundup is about putting your product out there, whether it’s a poop machine in Australia, aged hardwood lubricant in the United States or a man’s pickle packaged in a mankini for the Olympics. Smells like ‘modern art’ Those who thought Marcel Duchamp’s urinal art was pushing the limits, hold your nose because Australia’s most…
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Weird World News: When punishment takes an unusual route
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News roundup shatters the foundations laid out by many great nations that claim “cruel and unusual punishments [shall not be] inflicted”, as a hometown speedster has his car turned into a tree house, a horror film clown threatens your child (by request) and a suicide-kit saleswoman’s business gets smothered with a mere US$1,000 fine after…
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Weird World News. The unsinkable, unthinkable and unshrinkable
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News roundup is a tribute to the titanic accomplishments of vehicles as a big boat is redesigned to handle icebergs, a new motorized toilet speed record is set and BMW gets a stiff lawsuit for its motorbike allegedly causing a two-year long erection. Unsinkable – isn’t that what they said the first time? An Australian…
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Thailand News: Ultralight aircraft to land on river as offering to Thai King
PHUKET: Four Thailand made single-engine aircraft will soon land on the Chao Phraya River in downtown Bangkok as an offering to His Majesty the King if a Royal Thai Navy (RTN) plan is brought to fruition. The navy team is hoping to present the experimental two-seat amphibians to the much-loved monarch who has been undergoing treatment in hospital. Vice Admiral…
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Weird World News: Pushing buttons for strip searches, sharks and instant drama
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News Round-up hits the “press” as button pushers get dramatic outcomes. Pushed too far, one man initiates his own airport strip search, a “shark-whisper” taps great whites sharks on the nose, and a “drama button” in the middle of your average Flemish square all made headlines this week. ‘Harassed’ man strips down to protest airport…
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Weird World News: Serving surf ‘n’ turf – from love to six feet under
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News round-up serves up an awkward and dangerous mix of surf ‘n’ turf, taking you from cheap love, to a fishy and possibly untimely death and finally wrapping you up like a filet mignon and burying you. Japanese chefs balloon up over new blowfish laws A NEW law coming into affect in October is cutting…
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8 dead, 69 injured in Yala bomb blasts
PHUKET: At least eight people are dead and 69 injured after three bombs exploded in a busy shopping district in Yala Town at 11:50am today. Yala Governor Decharat Simsiri confirmed to the press that two explosions detonated near the Park View Hotel on the Ruammitr Road in Tambon Sateng of Muang district. While firefighters were trying to contain the blaze,…
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Phuket Gazette: Thailand news round-up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community ‘Powerful figure’ implicated in scandal over stolen cold pills Phuket Gazette / The Nation PHUKET: At least one very powerful figure has been implicated in the embezzlement of pills containing pseudoephedrine from state hospitals, the public health minister’s adviser, Pasit Sakdanarong, said yesterday. An investigation has…
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Phuket Gazette: 22 busted in scam; 4 Thais to be released; BT6,500 each to party
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 22 held in scam Phuket Gazette / The Nation PHUKET: A gang that operated a fake call center and lured foreigners into transferring money into its bank accounts was busted yesterday. The gang was based in Thailand’s Nonthaburi province. All 22 suspects arrested were either Chinese…
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Phuket Gazette: 10 dead, 52 hurt in just 2 road accidents; Speeders to be fined
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ten killed and 52 injured in Two upcountry smash-ups Phuket Gazette / The Nation PHUKET: In a black day on Thai roads yesterday, 10 people died and 52 were hurt, many seriously, in just two multi-car pile-ups. The first accident involved 18 cars on Mittaparb Road…
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Phuket Gazette: PM touts Thailand in Korea; 3G saga continues; Thais getting oiled
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thailand ripe for investment, says PM in Seoul Phuket Gazette / The NationPHUKET: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has assured South Korean businessmen of Thailand’s bright economic prospects, citing the government’s business-friendly policies, flood-management measures and the cut in corporate tax. In a speech in Seoul yesterday…
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Weird World News: Woman pee addict spills story, North Korea loves triplets and vasectomy doctor serves slices
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News round-up takes aim at people ingesting and breeding in the name of addiction, state approval and for the promise of pizza. Woman addicted to drinking own pee A 53-year-old Colorado woman has been addicted to drinking her own urine for the past four years, it emerged this past week. Photos of the woman –…
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Phuket Gazette: Ceremony rehearsal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ceremony rehearsal PHUKET (The Nation): Soliders marched during the second major rehearsal yesterday of the cremation of HRH Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda at Sanam Luang on April 9. The Maha Pichai Ratcharot chariot will carry the royal urn. Princess Bejaratana, the only child of King Rama VI,…
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Phuket Gazette: Google Street View launched for Phuket
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Google Street View launched for Phuket PHUKET (The Nation): Six months after starting work on the project, Google Thailand yesterday officially launched the ‘Google Street View’ service in the Kingdom – the second country in Southeast Asia in which it is available, following Singapore. Street view…
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Phuket Gazette: Price rises beginning to bite in Thailand
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Survey shows Thais in the grips of widespread price increases Phuket Gazette / The Nation PHUKET: Most respondents, 61 per cent, in a poll on the current cost of living in Thailand said they were not confident in the government’s measures to handle the country’s rapidly…
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Phuket Gazette: Drug-crime busters accused of possessing drugs
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Drug-crime busters accused of possessing drugs PHUKET (The Nation): Four drug-crime busters were arrested by fellow police after they allegedly made an arrest and seized drugs, but failed to report them to a supervisor, let the suspect go and kept the drugs, city police chief Pol…
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Phuket Gazette: Thailand welcomes Burma’s decision to have international observers
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH– Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Thailand welcomes Burma’s decision to have international observersPHUKET (The Nation): Thailand has welcomed the Burmese government’s invitations for international representatives as observers for the parliamentary by-election on April 1. Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said that the move demonstrates Burma’s efforts to promote credibility of the upcoming…
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Phuket Gazette: Eco-news for Thailand includes bad news for polluters
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Suzuki launches Thailand-made eco car PHUKET (The Nation): Suzuki Motor (Thailand) yesterday launched a new version of its Swift compact model under a Thai government program to promote local manufacture of fuel-efficient vehicles. Suzuki Motor Corp’s Executive Vice President Toshi Hiro said three versions of the…
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Phuket Gazette: Thailand business news
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Honda’s April restart means no plans for relocation PHUKET (The Nation): Honda Automobile (Thailand) will not relocate to Indonesia, as confirmed by its plan to resume operation at the Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya province on April 1, said Industry Minister Pongsvas Svasti. It was reported…
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Phuket Gazette: Canadian Prime Minister to visit Thailand
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Canadian PM to arrive in Thailand tomorrow PHUKET (The Nation): Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pay an official three-day visit to Thailand, starting tomorrow, at the invitation of his Thai counterpart to strengthen bilateral relations. The visit will mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment…
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Phuket Gazette: John Barnes to wing his way to Thailand
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Liverpool’s John Barnes set to light up Thailand sixes PHUKET (The Nation): Miss the trademark dribbling of former England international John Barnes? You could witness it at close quarters when the ex-Liverpool winger showcases some of his old tricks at the Standard Chartered EPL Masters Football…
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Phuket Gazette: Thailand business round-up
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Tesco Lotus property fund enjoys robust rise on market debut PHUKET (The Nation): Ek-Chai Distribution System, controlled by Britain’s largest retailer Tesco, this month raised Bt18.4 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) of the fund. It sold shares at Bt10.40 each. The Thai property fund…
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Thailand sporting round-up
– Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Ratchanok and doubles players in semis PHUKET (The Nation): Teen sensation Ratchanok Inthanon overpowered the in-form Sung Ji-hyun in a thrilling hard-fought encounter on Friday. The 17-year-old, who has won the world junior meet three times in succession and is ranked No 11 in the world, was the lone…
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Weird World News: Young Guns set fire to castle, plunge down trash chute and take walk of shame
PHUKET: We were all young, free and stupid once. Let’s not forget that when we cast judgment on this trio of troublesome Young Guns who made the cut in this week’s Weird World News.Smoking is bad for castlesTWO Slovak boys are suspected of setting flame to a 14th century Gothic castle in Bratislava this week. Police believe the pair were…
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PM Yingluck orders budget airlines to move to “Bangkok LCC’
PHUKET (The Nation): In a move that will affect all tourists flying from Bangkok to Phuket on low-cost airlines, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has ordered all low-cost carriers (LCCs) to move operations to Don Mueang Airport. The move is aimed at improving air and runway traffic at Suvarnabhumi Airport, but the plan is unlikely to ease the current turmoil frustrating…
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Health Minister pushes for unified emergency healthcare by April 1
PHUKET (The Nation): Private hospitals are willing to join a government plan to provide unlimited emergency medical treatment to all patients covered by healthcare schemes, starting on April 1, Public Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri has announced. Mr Witthaya said that he had been discussing the plan with executives of hospitals, including private ones, across the country since March 8. All…
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Phuket Gazette: Foreigners own 100 million rai
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Foreigners own 100 million rai PHUKET (The Nation): Some 100 million rai of Thailand is owned by foreigners, mostly through their Thai spouses or nominees, Auditor-General Sriracha Charoenpanit revealed yesterday. He said if this situation was “unresolved”, it could lead to later generations of Thais having…
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Praying lizard crashes Buddhist ceremony
PHUKET: A NINE-INCH gecko is talk of the town in a village in the Northern province of Phayao this week – not for its size, which isn’t exactly unusual, but for its piety. On February 27, one of the village families invited a monk to their home to hold a Buddhist ceremony of renewal. The ceremony was interrupted halfway through…
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Drug-dealing, sex-buying monk defrocked
PHUKET: A SEX-CRAZED monk in the Northern province of Lamphun has been defrocked and charged by police for allegedly selling ya bah (methamphetamine) to local teenagers. Phra Phichat In-wan of Wat Rongkutai in the province’s Maeraeng Subdistrict spent much of his drug profits on prostitutes that he had sex with on temple grounds, according to police. The disgraced clergyman kept…
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