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Border patrols to closely monitor infectious diseases
RANONG: The Public Health Ministry has ordered that three contagious diseases be closely monitored along the border region in Ranong province as the establishment of the Asean Community will encourage movement of more people. Dr Sopon Mekthon, permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, said the ministry has asked hospitals and clinics in the Thai-Myanmar border area at Ranong to…
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Security beef-up ordered for Loy Krathong, festive season
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered security agencies and related ministries to beef up security during the Loy Krathong and New Year festivals. Government spokesman Maj General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said PM Prayut had instructed security agencies and the ministries of Tourism and Sport, Transport and Culture to be extra vigilant. The prime minister has instructed the Department of…
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Young minds tackle global issues at One Young World Summit 2015
BANGKOK: The ‘One Young World Summit 2015’ kicked off at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on Wednesday. About 1,300 delegates from 196 countries are participating in the event, which brings together young leaders from all over the world to discuss critical global issues. Participants were warmly welcomed on a flotilla of boats and then taken to the venue located on the…
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Over 600,000 riders registered for Bike for Dad
BANGKOK: More than 600,000 people throughout Thailand and overseas have registered for the upcoming Bike for Dad event – the historic cycling parade to mark the 88th birthday of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Krisda Boonraj, permanent secretary of the Interior Ministry, said about 100,000 of the registered participants were from Bangkok, with the majority of the rest being from the…
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Man happily bears weight of devotion
PHUKET: We all have burdens to bear, but rarely can they be so accurately measured in weight as the 109 amulets that a Samut Prakarn man wears around his neck every day. It is with these more than three kilograms of amulets that 46-year-old Damrong Jeerayuchaiwattana pays his respects to a monk named Luang Phor Khun, reports Sanook.com. Mr Damrong’s…
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Queer News: Locals say Naga’s raising the road
PHUKET: A creaked, raised road in Surin filled locals with the belief earlier this year that perhaps the cavity below was made by a Naga, a deity in a number of eastern religions that takes the shape of a snake – sometimes with seven heads – or even a Buddha image. Villagers gathered at the site, only 300 meters from…
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Thirsty spirit photographed in daylight
PHUKET: The strawberry drinks set out by locals to score winning lottery ticket numbers from an unlucky section of road, which was once home to a very lucky tree, are being drunk by either a ‘daytime’ spirit or just a bum, depending on who you speak to. The offerings, normally nam daeng (‘strawberry drink’), are usually left by people seeking…
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Foreign Ministry shifts gear as smog tightens grip on South
BANGKOK: The Foreign Ministry is exploring all possible means, including diplomacy, in its bid to tackle the spread of haze into southern Thailand from agricultural fires in neighboring Indonesia. “We would like to assure people living in Thailand’s South and anyone affected by the haze that we are doing our best,” Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai said yesterday, as smog…
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Five reported dead in Bangkok bombing
BANGKOK: A bomb exploded in the center of Bangkok today, police said. The media has reported five people were killed and 20 wounded. The blast, near a shrine at a major Bangkok intersection, was caused by a bomb, police chief Prawut Thawornsiri said.
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Box jellyfish sting kills woman in Koh Phangan
PHUKET: A Thai tourist died after being stung by a box jellyfish while swimming off Koh Phangan in Surat Thani on Friday night. Police revealed that Chayanan Surin, 31, had travelled to the island from Bangkok with friends and went swimming at around 8pm in Tambon Ban Tai where she was stung. She was pronounce dead at Koh Phangan Hospital…
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Copyright law to ban internet plagiarism
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Copyright law to ban Internet plagiarism The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Social network scribes should be wary of a new intellectual property law due to take effect on August 4 that outlaws the copying of other people’s work and using it for commercial purposes, deputy…
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Defence gets access to evidence for DNA tests in Thailand backpackers murder trial – lawyer
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Defence gets access to evidence for DNA tests in Thailand backpackers murder trial -lawyer Phuket Gazette / Reuters PHUKET: A Thai court has given defense lawyers access to evidence for DNA testing in the trial of twoMyanmar workers accused of murdering two British tourists in Thailand,…
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Biker hounded by police
PHUKET: Police are hunting for a man who authorized a dog to drive his motorcycle last week, according to a report on news24.com. While the appearance of a dog driving a motorcycle without a helmet is not particularly unusual in Phuket, such is apparently not the case in Vietnam where a video gone viral has outraged the Hanoi traffic police.…
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Boat propeller slices British diving student’s leg near Koh Tao
PHUKET: A British diving student is in hospital in Koh Samui after her leg was nearly severed by a boat propeller while diving near Koh Tao. Alice Louise Davies, 20, had just completed a dive with Scuba Shack near Koh Hin Sam Kon on Tuesday afternoon and was about to exit the water when the accident happened. “A motorboat, Thanicha…
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20 injured in Deep South bomb attacks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Two more injured in further small blasts in Yala town Phuket Gazette / The Nation PHUKET: Bomb attacks continued to erupt in Yala’s Muang district yesterday, raising the number of injured over the past two days to 20. Despite that, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister…
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Govt surveying two isles for detention of migrants
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt surveying two isles for detention of migrants Phuket Gazette/The Nation PHUKET: The prime minister has ordered a survey of two unpopulated islands off Ranong with the view of using them to detain Rohingya migrants. Sources familiar with the matter yesterday identified the islands as Kangkao…
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Trafficking feared to drive away investment, tourists
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Trafficking feared to drive away investment, tourists The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Extensive news coverage on the mass graveyards of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh in Ranong could drive away potential investment into the southern province, said a prominent businessman. Nit Uitekkeng, former chairman of…
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More graves found at second migrant camp in South
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Five graves discovered at migrant camp in South The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has warned of tough action against state officials linked to human trafficking, a government spokesman said yesterday. The warning came as five more graves were found at…
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Four arrested over death camp grave sites
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Migrant graveyard arrests The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The authorities have arrested four of eight suspects wanted in connection with an alleged extortion and murder camp in Thailand’s southern border province of Songkhla. In custody are Asan Intanu, 48, Ro-aey Sonyalae, 41, Alee Lahmoh, 47…
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46 condo units seized in UFUN raid
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community 46 condo units seized in UFUN raid The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Police seized 46 condominium units yesterday at a project on Sukhumvit Soi 66/1 in Bang Na in Bangkok that were bought by suspects in the alleged UFUN pyramid scheme. UFUN executives reportedly acquired…
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Three killed as car plows into cyclists
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Three killed as car plows into cyclists The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Three cyclists were killed and two others seriously injured when an alleged drunk driver crashed her car into their bicycle rally in Chiang Mai’s Doi Saket district yesterday morning. The tragedy happened on…
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Trafficking survivor says more than 500 killed in camps
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Trafficking survivor says more than 500 killed in camps The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Kuramia, a migrant, paid out 95,000 baht in ransom to save his nephew Kazim, who was being held at a border camp. But he never saw him alive. His nephew’s was…
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Mass grave in Southern Thailand linked to human trafficking, say police
PHUKET: A mass grave near the Thai-Malaysian border in Songkhla was uncovered by Thai authorities today, reported Thai PBS. A total of 33 partially decomposed bodies, thought by police to be Rohingya migrants, have been identified. The area was previously used to hold about 200 to 300 Rohingya who were smuggled into the country, according to investigators, reported Thai PBS.…
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Official is a land-grabber: reform chief
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Official is a land-grabber: reform chief The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The chief of the Nakhon Ratchasima Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has recommended that an investigation be launched against a local official over suspicions that she might have engaged in land encroachment herself. “I…
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Referendum up to NRC and CDC, says Prayut
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Referendum up to NRC and CDC: PM The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The decision on whether to hold a referendum on the new draft constitution lies with the National Reform Council (NRC) and the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday.…
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Marine police alert for EU fishing checks
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Marine police alert for EU fishing checks The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: In a bid to improve Thailand’s illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing problems ahead of the upcoming inspection by representatives from the European Union (EU), coastal provinces such as Chon Buri and Songkhla…
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Former national security chief denies forced dispersal of red shirts in 2010
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news compiled by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Former national security chief denies forced dispersal of red shirts in 2010 The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: There was no forced dispersal of anti-government protesters back in 2010 – they just left by themselves, Thawil Pliensri, then secretary-general of the National Security Council, testified yesterday.…
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Govt earmarks B100mn for Nepal; emergency team flies out
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community Govt earmarks B100mn for Nepal; emergency team flies out The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The government yesterday earmarked 100 million baht for agencies to use for relief efforts in Nepal, while 56mn baht was collected in donations from the public as of yesterday via different…
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B200mn of African tusks seized in raid
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community B200mn of African tusks seized in bonded warehouse raid The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: The Customs Department seized a total of 511 tusks, weighing 3.1 tonnes and worth 200 million baht, from a Laos-bound container at a private company’s bonded warehouse on Saturday. Natural Resources…
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World rallies to help Nepal
PHUKET MEDIA WATCH – Thailand news selected by Gazette editors for Phuket’s international community World rallies on social media to help Nepal The Nation / Phuket Gazette PHUKET: Following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and its surrounds on Saturday – resulting in a death toll nearing 1,900 yesterday – the assistance from countries, humanitarian organizations, companies and…
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