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Phuket has been forced to take on board a difficult lesson: that it shouldn't have clung to tourism as its single, dominant cash cow.ImageCredits: Bangkok Post

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Fake trading company a front for B3.2 bn betting website

Police bust Phuket jet-ski scammers

[Thailand] - Digital arrival cards required for sees to Thailand from May 1

Thailand just a facilitator of Myanmar talks

ABOUT POLITICS: Lacking in management

Salvage work at State Audit Office site speeds up

Cultural events to mark Rattanakosin anniversary

Parliament co-op looks for scams probe

Political leader's son deals with charges over crash

Govt set to raise martial law in South

Restore work at SAO website accelerate

PM wants collapse culprits charged

[Thailand] - Thailand is 'just a facilitator'

Indian males rescued from kidnapping gang in Samut Prakan

Deserted bag triggers alert at Thai airport

Mobile emergency alert system test effective

Healthcare facility sues male for verbally abusing nurses in ICU

Over 570,000 passengers travel by train during Songkran

Sedan hits ambulance rushing to pick up patient

Thai Pavilion unfit for Osaka Expo style

Songkran roadway accidents declare 253 lives

Karen army sends out 277 foreign nationals for confirmation

Lift defect connected to State Audit Office constructing fate

Farmers oppose US beef import plan

Coalition partners 'to see out this term'

Wrongfully jailed male sues

[Thailand] - No winners in United States trade war

[Thailand] - Northern rivers face 'extreme contamination'

Army gets about 40k volunteers

BMA moves to amend city rules

[Thailand] - Amlo to restore policy on political leaders

Lift flaw tied to SAO building fate

[Thailand] - New bill to decontrol movie market

Old couple hurt when young political leader's BMW strikes pickup

Jail term for Bhumjaithai MP on B405m embezzlement

[Thailand] - Road accidents declare 200 lives during Thailand's Songkran festival

Department of Special Investigation to expand building collapse probe

[Thailand] - Much deeper Dive: How US help shutdown impacts Thailand

Malaysia PM set to meet Myanmar junta chief amid opposition to talks

Thailand to step up Singapore-Kunming rail link work

DRT to step up Singapore-Kunming rail link work

Govt lauded for increasing Islamic teacher pay

Incinerator on Koh Lan 'practically done'

Phuket makes use of fruit's possible

Siriraj touts leading titanium hip sockets

DSI to expand structure collapse probe

[Thailand] - United States financing cuts for Aids-HIV battle

Tourism push for three Unesco sites

Bhumjaithai told to sort out casino differences

WEF names three Thais as young global leaders

Two tourists injured by landslide at waterfall

Songkran road toll 171, mainly on speeding and drink-driving

15th arrest in B16bn medical fraud case versus Dr Boon

Ranger drowns in cavern trying to find traveler's dropped phone

130k mule accounts closed

Model in Pattaya as party ends

Booze laws 'flouted over vacation'

Israeli tech assists cops bust rip-offs

SAO victim compensation payments begin

Auntie, uncle swept away throughout summertime storm

Young Briton discovered in Krabi after month-long silence

Former MP Akapol dies at 65

[Thailand] - Young Briton missing in Thailand for a month

Songkran road accidents and injuries pass 1,000

Main death toll reaches 44 at Bangkok collapse site

Krabi quake leaves no damage, airport safe

Speeding intoxicated motorist hits dozens of Songkran revellers

Flexible options help reduce school dropout rate

EEF provides 'flexible' options to dropouts

[Thailand] - Drive to grow Thai food certification

Difficult traffic rules looked for

'No time to waste'

Thai PM promotes dad's hometown in Chiang Mai

Over 360k sign up with Bangkok celebrations

Thai PM promotes father's hometown in Chiang Mai

Thai Senate panel gears up to study casino-entertainment complex bill

[Thailand] - Trembling shocks southern Thailand, felt in 2 Krabi districts

Senator's name 'unlawfully utilized' as collapsed State Audit Office project supervisor

Excavators dig deeper into collapsed Bangkok tower as fatalities rise

Accidents, death toll down on Songkran holiday drives

Cop conserves female from swarm of assaulting bees at famous temple

Thailand welcomes visitors to Expo pavilion in Osaka

Cop bravely saves woman from swarm of attacking bees at well-known temple

[Thailand] - Free entry to national parks to mark Family Day

Experts prompt care in tariff talks

Thaksin upbeat on entertainment complex costs

PM reminds families to take care of elderly kin

Former chief of National Office of Buddhism held in US

[Thailand] - Regional airports hectic as revellers jet in

[Thailand] - Storms, hail, hotter weather report in Thailand over Songkran vacation

[Thailand] - US wishes 'friend and ally' Thailand a happy Songkran

Thaksin says Myanmar peace a possibility

4 rangers hurt by motorcycle bomb in Narathiwat

30 more die in Songkran accidents as threat shifts to regional roads

Proxy probe into collapsed Bangkok tower manufacturer 50% complete

[Thailand] - Moo Deng invites lucky tourists at Thai airports throughout Songkran vacations

'Too early for a split' in Thai govt

'Too early for a split'

New moves to stamp out illegal condo rentals

Govt launches safety campaign for tourists

Thousands take a trip home to the provinces

[Thailand] - Vacation gold mine starts

PM heads to Chiang Mai for Songkran

[Thailand] - Thailand sends out 3rd humanitarian group to Myanmar

Chinese YouTuber allegedly assaulted by compatriots in Pattaya

Tourist boat fire the second in two days

27 die in road accidents on first Songkran travel day

Search for survivors continues as fatalities rise in Bangkok building collapse

Two Italians rescued after getting lost in Koh Phangan jungle

[Thailand] - Rights commission wants standards for online kid material

4 held after supposed rape

Price to line up with the times

Private firms to help MotoGP

[Thailand] - NHRC wants standards to be set out for online kid material

BMA sets up Songkran safety hub

Probe into Thaksin medical facility stay 'on track'

Anutin whacks away talk of rift

BMA restricts using 'T-steel' in high-rise jobs

[Thailand] - Thailand and NZ press on amid tariff chaos

Public alerted to remain alert to drowning threat

Waterspout triggers alarm near Phuket marina

Tourist boat bursts into flames off Koh Kut

Light signal brings expect quake survivor of collapsed structure

2 Chinese apprehended for thefts on plane to Bangkok

New plan to promote food waste sorting

EC galvanises public ahead of May 11 poll

Bill eyes National Council for Peace and Order order reverses

[Thailand] - Bilateral ties with Singapore flourish in 'Baby Hero' film

Flat train fare set to begin with Sept 30

City readies for vacation celebrations

Cops' salaries cut for conman motorcade

BJT's coalition commitment queried

Thai road safety centre activated for Songkran

Court fines guy B10,000 baht for dragging canine behind motorcycle

[Thailand] - Charter court demands its neutrality

[Thailand] - Couple busted for making pathway sex video in Pattaya

Law enforcement officer shot dead, cars and truck set on fire in Narathiwat

American charged with royal insult granted bail

[Thailand] - Thailand looks for Myanmar's aid on poisonous river

Student Loan Fund to deduct more from some debtors

100 questioned over Bangkok building collapse

Authorities catch four robbers in Pathum Thani

100 probed over SAO structure

PM declares gambling establishment expense defence

Money-laundering crackdown nets B1.9bn assets

Loans to obtain for upskilling

B15m for drug dealer bounties

Malaysian arrested over gold shop heist

ONWR seeks Myanmar aid on toxic river

SLF to subtract more from debtors

Don Mueang prepares for Songkran

Cops nab four Latino burglars

Details: Category: Thailand; Published: 28 July 2020