The Phuket News

05/10/2025

Mastering the skill has become a barrier for prospective umpires in the country’s most popular spectator sport, says AFL chief...

AFL: Australian Rules football (AFL) has started games with a centre bounce for more than 130 years, but from next season it will be ditched because umpires are finding it too hard to master the skill

05/10/2025

Island View: Breathtaking views at Promthep Cape. Photo by Maria Foz.

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05/10/2025

Here we go again...

PHUKET: The public is being invited to take part in a meeting to discuss the environmental impact study for a major water supply project that will deliver tap water from the Ratchaprapha Dam in Surat

05/10/2025

Camera in hand, Simon Lomas goes off the beaten track to take in the splendours of the wild during monsoon season...

For me the green season, or monsoon season, is a great time to get out and about for several reasons. Firstly it’s not so hot so you can actually spend time wandering around at your leisure to find

05/10/2025

A state-private joint venture asset management company, planned to address the bad debts of retail borrowers, will cover 3.8 million eligible debtors with a total debt of B120 billion, says the Finance Ministry...

BANGKOK: The asset management company (AMC), planned to address the bad debts of retail borrowers, will cover 3.8 million eligible debtors with a total debt value of B120 billion, according to the Fin

05/10/2025

Sanae Takaichi, whose hero is Margaret Thatcher, became head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party yesterday and will likely take office later this month...

TOKYO: Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, but many of her positions are socially conservative in an often still deeply patriarchal nation.

05/10/2025

Tucked inside the beachfront NORA Beach Club, the Wine Room offers an intimate and romantic dining experience...

Tucked inside the beachfront NORA Beach Club, the Wine Room offers an intimate and romantic dining experience. Perfect for special occasions, from anniversaries to elegant wedding dinners, it is a hid

05/10/2025

Defending champions fall to a third loss in a week as Chelsea win 2-1 at Stamford Bridge and Gunners silence the Hammers to go top of the tree heading into the international break...

FOOTBALL: Brazilian wonderkid Estevao’s first Chelsea goal inflicted a third consecutive defeat on Liverpool yesterday (Oct 4), allowing Arsenal to go top of the Premier League after beating West Ha

05/10/2025

“Thailand is only known for having good food, good people and tourist spots, but we need to portray our economic dimensions as well,” says Sihasak Phuangketkeow...

BANGKOK: Thailand’s new foreign affairs minister, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, has declared that Thailand will be back on the “global radar” while he serves in office.

05/10/2025

Phuket tourism operators setting their sights on Malaysia and Hong Kong...

PHUKET: Phuket tourism operatives have held a major tourism roadshow in Malaysia and Hong Kong to strengthen ties with two of the island’s most important markets and showcase Phuket as a sustainable

05/10/2025

Witnesses told police that the suspect had been drinking with the victim before an argument broke...

PHUKET: A Myanmar man was stabbed to death during a violent altercation in Patong on Friday night (Oct 3).

05/10/2025

The initial proposal for the Phuket Mettropolis Act was refused on the grounds that it violated the Constitution, so Phuket MPs are now taking another route to have the draft bill formally introduced in Parliament...

PHUKET: The long-awaited push to have Phuket granted greater autonomy has hit a delay, as House Speaker Wan Muhammad Noor Matha has refused to accept the draft Phuket Metropolis Act, citing constituti