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Steel rod crash raises safety fears at Phuket condo construction site
Online Reporters, Published on 16/01/2026
» PHUKET — A large steel rod fell from a crane and crashed through the roof of a nearby home, narrowly avoiding potential casualties, at a luxury condominium construction site, sparking public concern for safety.
Russian man missing after being swept out to sea in Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2025
» Rescuers are searching for a Russian man who went missing after being swept away by strong waves while swimming off a Phuket beach shortly after midnight.
American tourist electrocuted in Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 07/12/2024
» An American tourist was killed when he slipped on a wet pavement and was electrocuted by a faulty streetlight in Phuket, authorities said on Friday.
Headless dugong found floating off Phuket coast
News, Online Reporters, Published on 15/11/2024
» A headless dugong was found floating near a pier in Phuket on Thursday, making it the third dead dugong reported this month.
Houses damaged by fresh landslide in Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 28/08/2024
» Ongoing heavy rain in Phuket on Wednesday morning caused another landslide that damaged nine houses, but no injuries were reported.
Minister warns against ‘lobbying’ in beach bully case
Online Reporters, Published on 11/04/2024
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the Phuket governor not to allow lobbying in an assault case involving a Swiss man, amid reports that the complainant had been approached about withdrawing her case.
Interior minister firm on visa revocation for Swiss 'beach bully'
Online Reporters, Published on 08/03/2024
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul rejects any plan of considering an appeal from a Swiss man whose visa was revoked on grounds of posing a threat to society after an alleged assault on a Thai woman in Phuket.
Flash flood warnings
Online Reporters, Published on 23/05/2023
» The National Water Command Centre has issued a warning for some provinces in all regions to brace for flash floods from May 27-June 1.
Four arrested, cocaine worth B51m seized at airports
Online Reporters, Published on 18/06/2022
» In two separate cases, a South African man was arrested by customs officers at Phuket airport for allegedly smuggling 1.49 kilogrammes of cocaine worth 4.47 million baht, and three suspects arriving from Brazil were arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport after officers found 15.7 kilogrammes of cocaine with a street value of 47 million baht in their luggage.
Workers killed, others trapped in collapsed building in Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 21/11/2019
» PHUKET: At least three people were reported killed and others trapped in the rubble of an office building under construction that collapsed in Thalang district on Thursday afternoon.