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Knight Frank predicts Phuket surge
The Phuket residential market is surging as wealthy Asians and a growing Asian travel market flock to the resort island, says real estate consulting firm Knight Frank Thailand.

Officials warn of ‘fake monks’ targeting Phuket tourists
PHUKET, Thailand -- The 'monk police’ of Phuket are warning everyone on the island of con men who are impersonating Buddhist monks and tricking locals and tourists into giving them ...

One killed, four injured in car crash in Phuket
BANGKOK, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- A fatal motorbike accident in Thailand's southern Phuket island was compounded when a car which slowed to survey the carnage was hit from behind and launched into a ...

Thai elephant meat believed to fuel jungle killings
AP: Underground elephant cuisine behind spate of pachyderm deaths Patrick Winn Is a "taste for eating elephant meat" among diners on Thailand's Phuket island behind a recent spate of pachyderm killings? That's the conclusion the Associated Press has drawn in a new report. A mysterious string of elephant deaths along the Thai-Burma border, according to the wire service, is connected to ...

Phuket league win slips through Lizard’s hands
PHUKET: Two former Island Furniture League champions faced off recently when the Island Cricket Club (ICC) and the Liquid Lounge Lizards took to the ACG for the seventh match of the 2011-2012 ...

Phuket newspaper owner killed
BANGKOK: Gunmen shot dead a Thai journalist, local newspaper owner and political activist Thursday in a targeted attack on the tourist-friendly island of Phuket, police and local media said.

Gunmen kill Thai journalist on tourist island
Gunmen shot dead a Thai journalist, local newspaper owner and political activist Thursday in a targeted attack on the tourist-friendly island of Phuket, police and local media said.

Journalist Shot in Thailand’s South
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked by the brutal murder on January 13 of owner and editor of Inside Phuket, Wisut "Ae" Tangwittayaporn, in Thailand’s southern island of Phuket. Wisut, 44, in addition to being the driving ...