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Police bust Chinese call centre gang in Phuket

April 3, 2019
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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Thai police, in Thailand’s southern resort province of Phuket,have broken up a Chinese call centre fraud gang, arresting 16 Chinese nationals at a rented house on Tuesday. The police also seized 18 computers, 68 cell phones…

Speed boat carrying Chinese tourists crashes into oil tanker off Phuket, 1 seriously injured

February 9, 2019
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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A number of Chinese tourists were injured, one seriously, when a speed boat in which they were travelling struck an oil tanker in the seas off Phuket province this afternoon…

French woman and Chinese tourists drown in Koh Samui and Phuket

January 9, 2019
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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The body of a French woman was found floating in the sea off Thong Gate beach in the popular island of Koh Samui on Tuesday. Hotel staff at the beach…

Tourist arrivals in Phuket increase 10 percent during high season

December 3, 2018
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Tourist arrivals in the famous resort town of Phuket have increased by 10 percent, with more visitors from India though Chinese arrivals have not picked since the Phoenix tourist boat…

Bangkok top destination in the world last year: Mastercard’s Index

September 27, 2018
by PhatpornS
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Bangkok was the world’s top destination last year, three years in a row, with 20.05 million people visiting the capital in 2017 and a 9.6% growth in number of visitors…

Over 20 sea turtles beach and most die in Phuket and Phang-nga in two months

September 16, 2018
by AtcharaY
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More than 20 sea turtles landed on two beaches in Phuket and Phang-nga provinces and most of them died with the rest being seriously injured with little chance of survival…

PM thanks all for successful recovery of victims of Phuket boat tragedy

July 16, 2018
by administrator
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thanks all authorities, both Thai and Chinese, for having successfully recovered the bodies of all 47 victims who died on July 5 when the Phoenix dive…

Operation underway to retrieve last Phoenix victim

July 12, 2018
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An operation is now underway to retrieve the body of a Chinese tourist, believed to be the last victim, stuck under the wreckage of Phoenix boat near Koh Heh in…

Divers to scour Phoenix dive boat for 23 passengers still missing

July 7, 2018
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Navy divers equipped with special diving gears will today scour the sunken Phoenix dive boat in a search for 23 passengers, most of them Chinese tourists, still missing. The Phoenix…

58 still missing off Phuket after boats capsize

July 6, 2018
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A search will continue today for 58 people, most of them tourists, who are still missing after three accidents in strong seas off Phuket involving two jet skis, a dive…

Search mounted for 49 people missing in sea off Phuket

July 5, 2018
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Forty-nine people are still missing while 89 others were plucked from the rough sea off Phuket this afternoon after one dive boat and a yacht capsized. Phuket governor Norapat Plodthong…

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