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Phuket organizes annual Tenth Lunar Month Buddhism Festival

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Phuket – Phuket locals joined in the annual Tenth Lunar Month which is an important Buddhism festival in the South of Thailand. People who mark this festival believe that their ancestors are temporarily released to this...

Russian Tourists Still Top Phuket Visitors in March Followed by Chinese

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Phuket - Russian tourists still topped the list of Phuket visitors in March followed by Chinese. Phuket Immigration at the Phuket International Airport reported the current arrival statistics from March 1st to March 31st, 2023. The...

Russian Teen Arrested Allegedly Attempting to Murder His Mother in Phuket

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Phuket – A Russian teen was arrested after he allegedly tried using a knife to slash his own mother’s neck in Thalang. The Thalang Police told the Phuket Express that they were notified of the...

Foreign Driver Escapes Injuries After Pickup Truck Accident in Rawai

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Rawai- A foreign driver has escaped injuries after a pickup truck accident in Rawai, Mueang Phuket. The Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos told the Phuket Express that the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) of the...

Baraku seized from Restaurant Near Hotel in Thalang

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Thalang – A restaurant manager was arrested with Baraku seized near a hotel in Thalang. The Thalang District Chief Mr. Bancha Tanuin told the Phuket Express that officials inspected a restaurant near a hotel in Sakoo...

Phuket’s Biggest Stories From the Past Week: Foreigners Arrested for Theft and Gambling, and...

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Hello, Phuket Express Readers and Supporters! The following is our weekly feature in which we highlight the top local stories in our area of Phuket from the past week. The number of stories differs from...

Phuket celebrates ‘Amazing Thailand 10 Million’

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PRESS RELEASE: Phuket - The “Amazing Thailand 10 Million Celebrations” event at Phuket Airport is scheduled to welcome arriving passengers on three designated flights, with two already landed being TUI Airways Flight BY086 from London, UK,...

Alcohol Vendors Found Selling Illegally on Bangla Road in the Early Morning

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Patong – Alcohol vendors were found selling illegally on Bangla Road in the early morning time according to local residents. Our previous story: Selling alcohol in foam boxes by vendors or pop-up style alcohol booths must be...

Phuket Airport Issues Statement About Uncomfortably Hot Terminals

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Phuket – The Phuket International Airport has clarified over hot temperatures in the terminals after many people have complained. Many people have complained on social media recently over hot temperatures inside the international terminal at the...

Phuket welcomes first flight from Vietnam Airlines

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Phuket – The first flight from Vietnam Airlines from Ho Chi Minh with 161 passengers arrived in Phuket. On Thursday (September 1st) at the Phuket International Airport officials and staff welcomed the first flight from Vietnam...
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