BANGKOK, June 21 (TNA) – Thai customs officials on Monday arrested two Pakistani nationals for smuggling 1.4 kilogrammes of heroin into the kingdom. Ahmed Sted Asad, 46 and Iqeal Muhammad Abid, 44 were detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport, while waiting for a flight transfer to Thailand’s Andaman island resort of Phuket. Thai authorities had received information […]
RoyFest the Phuket Music Festival will take place on June 25th & 26th this year on Karon Beach The tropical island paradise of Phuket will be hosting the 2010 Phuket Music Festival at Karon Beach, June 25 – 26. Billed as the largest beach dance party in Asia, the two-day, two-night music and dance festival […]
WHEN TWO Russian tourists took an immediate disliking for each other on Phuket, the outcome was costly for one of them. The confrontation came early on Monday morning, soon after midnight, as both tourists left a nightspot in the western beach town of Karon with their girlfriends. According to officers in Chalong, the nearest police […]
Despite the millions visiting Thailand each year, there are still islands untouched by mass tourism. Gemma Bowes finds a perfect example right in the middle of Phang Nga, while Laura Barton discovers unspoilt Koh Kood Finding the perfect unspoilt Thai island is not as easy as it once was. Many have allowed their pristine worlds […]
Construction of 17 new houses – built to replace those destroyed in last year’s fire at the Phuket’s sea gyspy village fire in Mai Khao – has now been completed. Governor Wichai, along with the presidents of Phuket Red Cross, the OrBorJor and leaders of the local administration organisations went along to see the houses […]
The sea fan is carefully brought out of water to make sure that they are not damaged before marine biologists from Phuket marine Biological centre or PMBC take them to re-submerge in appropriate location for its development. The fertility of sea water off Chalong bay on the south side of Phuket island leads to several […]
The head of Thailand Immigration Lt. General Wuthi Liptapanlop Says Special Unit Formed to Hunt for Foreign Criminals in Thailand. At a special, high-level police conference held at a Jomtien Hotel on Soi 12 Friday and Saturday Police Lt. General Wuthi Liptapanlop announced the formation of a special unit called the National Criminal Center to […]
Tuk-Tuk Turmoil May Be At an End TRIALS of fare meters in tuk-tuks could begin this year in Karon and Kata, Phuket’s Governor Wichai Praisa-ngob said yesterday. The move would represent a major breakthrough in attempting to solve Phuket’s chronic transport problems, mostly caused by corruption and rip-offs that are turning off tourists. The governor […]
