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Russian tourist drowns at Karon beach

PHUKET: A Russian tourist drowned at Karon beach in Muang district on Sunday, police said.

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Indonesian tourist dies in cruise ship off Phuket

PHUKET: An Indonesian male tourist died on board a cruise ship that had just arrived in this southern Thai island resort province from Singapore in the small hours on Saturday.

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Marina drive for Phuket

The arrival of the Spectrum of the Seas cruise ship off Phuket's Patong beach late last month was a welcome sight for the resort province that is still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Phuket targets Poles with new air service

PHUKET: LOT Polish Airlines launched a direct route from Warsaw to Phuket on Monday as it anticipates an uptick in visitors to the resort island from Eastern Europe.

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Hotels concerned over World Cup TV broadcast uncertainty

Hotel operators say they are worried by uncertainties over live broadcast of the upcoming World Cup in Thailand, even though most tourists have other priorities when choosing their holiday destination.

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Homemade weapons cache found at retired New Zealander's house in Phuket

PHUKET: Police found a large quantity of homemade firearms, grenades and ammunition at the house of a retired engineer from New Zealand on Monday morning.

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Patong-Kathu road reopens for one-way traffic

PHUKET: The landslide-damaged Patong hill road has been reopened to small vehicles for one-way traffic from Patong beach to Kathu district.

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Three killed, two injured in big-bike crash

PHUKET: Two Russians and a Thai woman were killed and two Frenchmen injured in a crash involving two motorcycles and a taxi in Muang district early Friday morning.

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Singaporean man killed in Phuket motorcycle-truck crash

PHUKET: A Singaporean man was killed and a female compatriot hurt when he lost control of his motorcycle at a curve on hilly road and rammed into a six-wheel truck in Kathu district on Thursday.

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Laguna Phuket triathlon returns

After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Laguna Phuket Triathlon will be back with more than 1,200 athletes from around the world expected to join on Nov 20.

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Dead whale found in Phuket bay

A large dead whale was found floating in a bay off the Koh Racha shore in Phuket's tambon Rawai on Saturday.

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Dead whale in Phuket bay

PHUKET: A large dead whale was found floating in a bay off the Koh Racha shore in tambon Rawai of Muang district on Saturday.

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Patong hill road reopens for motorcycles

PHUKET: The damaged hill road between Phuket town and Patong has been reopened for motorcycles, assisting commuters between Kathu and the popular beach area.

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Coca-Cola, Columbia Pictures join hands

Coca-Cola Thailand and Columbia Pictures Aquaverse recently announced a multi-year partnership as the world's first Columbia Pictures theme and waterpark opened its gates earlier this month.

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Body of missing Russian woman found off Patong beach

PHUKET: The body of a Russian woman missing from Na Thon beach in Thalang district since Oct 20 was found on Wednesday morning, provincial police chief Pol Maj Gen Sermpan Sirikhong said.

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Field hospital opens in Kathu, Phuket

PHUKET: A field hospital has opened in Kathu district to provide general medical services for outpatients while the Patong hill road is closed for repairs, provincial health chief Kusak Kukiatikul said on Tuesday.

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First cruise ship since Covid arrives in Phuket

PHUKET: The first cruise ship to visit Phuket since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic arrived for a brief visit on Monday.

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Missing Russian presumed drowned in sea

PHUKET: A three-day search found no sign of a Russian woman missing from a beach since Oct 20 and she is believed to have drowned.

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Green shoots in Phangnga

Climate change and environmental sustainability have been hot global issues in recent decades.

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Damaged Kathu-Patong road reopens to pedestrians

PHUKET: The flood-ravaged road from Kathu to Patong reopened for pedestrians on Sunday, but all vehicles are barred pending repair work.

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Russian woman still missing in Phuket

PHUKET: A search is continuing for a 53-year-old Russian woman who went missing from her accommodation in Thalang district on Thursday, officials said on Saturday evening.

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Buildings collapse in Phuket

Two two-storey buildings were damaged when one subsided and collapsed onto the other, in rain-soaked Phuket late on Thursday night.

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Buildings collapse in rain-soaked Phuket

PHUKET: Two two-storey buildings were damaged when one subsided and collapsed onto the other, on rain-soaked sloping terrain in Muang district late on Thursday night.

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Rain to drench South until Saturday

Torrential rain is forecast in the southern region of the country over the next two days, the weather agency warned on Thursday, as flooding caused major disruptions in Phuket.

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