PHUKET: The daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. Beware of inconsistent imitations.
liverpoolecho.co.uk Darren Taylor, 34, originally from Walton, died in Bangkok with his family saying he had been murdered when pushed from the balcony of the sixth-floor flat where he was living. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: ”We were made aware on 13 June of the arrest of a British national in Thailand. We are providing consular assistance.”
AP Thailand’s government acknowledged losing more than $4.46 billion in one year in a much-criticized scheme to support rice prices that ended up dislodging the country from its spot as the grain’s top exporter. The program is likely to be amended to reduce the losses, the commerce minister said.
ft.com Afghanistan will hold peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar, President Hamid Karzai said, a decision the White House described as ”an important first step” towards reviving the stuttering reconciliation process.
wsj.com Smoke from forest fires in Indonesia has choked neighboring Singapore and Malaysia, prompting Singaporean officials to press Jakarta for urgent action against the haze that has pushed the city-state’s air pollution to the worst level in 16 years.
afp Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe’s third-largest budget airline, apologised for refusing passengers food, water and even blankets on its recently launched long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok. Tor Andre Ljosland speculated that ”soon you will also need a credit card to use the toilet.”
bangkokpost.com Amari Estates Co, the Italthai Group’s property arm, is upbeat about demand from Thais looking to buy a home on Phuket as an investment. It expects to close sales for its 2.3-billion-baht residential project over the next 12 months.
nationmultimedia.com The Foreign Ministry has recalled First Secretary of the Thai Embassy in Egypt Kakanang Amaranand who allegedly assaulted an Egyptian woman at a Cairo hotel as a precaution for her safety.
bangkokpost.com Australia has called for better safety of Australians visiting Phuket, now called the most dangerous place in the world for Australians despite being one of the country’s top holiday destinations.[Nobody else calls Phuket that.]
AP Thailand’s Buddhism body said it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behaviour after a video showed some of them using luxurious personal items while flying on a private jet.
hindustantimes.com The famous Kedarnath shrine was virtually submerged in mud and slush where 50 people died in flash floods that claimed over 130 lives in Uttarkhand and Himachal Pradesh and left over 70,000 pilgrims for Himalayan shrines stranded.
cnn.com A dolphin that died in the southern Chinese city of Sanya has sparked nationwide anger after pictures surfaced of tourists near the shore mistreating and posing with the dying animal were spread on Weibo, China’s most popular social network site.
scmp.com Hong Kong has plunged from China’s second most competitive region to its fifth, according to a think tank that blames it on slower economic growth and weaker governance.
smh.com.au Mirror, mirror on my inner-city warehouse wall – who’s the biggest, er, tosser of them all? Twirl your metrosexual moustache, sip your organic latte and consider this: it might just be you, gorgeous.
reuters Australia and Iran booked their fourth World Cup finals appearances with nervous 1-0 victories in a dramatic finale to Asian qualifying. South Korea joined them.
smh.com.au An 82nd minute winner from substitute Josh Kennedy, broke Iraqi resistance and ensured that Australia will, after all, be going to the ball, the biggest party in global sport. The World Cup in Brazil, 2014.
scmp.com Saturday’s 5-1 loss against Thailand – ranked 47 places lower than China by Fifa – i has provoked more than the usual share of anger. The fact that Thailand picked a second-string team and it happened on Xi’s 60th birthday made it all the more embarrassing. The loss also sparked accusations that the Chinese players deliberately threw the game.
theage.com.au AFL Saints’ star Stephen Milne was charged with four counts of rape dating back to an incident involving a 19-year-old girl in 2004.
scmp.com David Beckham, who retired from soccer last month, arrived in Beijing as the ambassador to the Chinese Super League.
nationmultimedia.com An old style Baba wedding ceremony is being organised to show off the unique culture of Phuket’s Peranakan communities this Saturday and Monday, with the colorful wedding procession winding through the heritage mansions and villas in the old town.
June 22-24 Baba style traditional wedding, Old Phuket Town
July 6-7 Phuket Air Show and Family Picnic, Phuket Air Park
July 17-21 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek
July 22 Arsarnha Bucha Day
August 12 HM The Queen’s Birthday
October 5-13 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
October 23 Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
October 29-November 3 Womens’ volleyball, Karon beach
November 17 Loy Kratong Day
November 24-December 1 Challenge Laguna Phuket Tri-Fest. Laguna Phuket
December 5 HM The King’s birthday
January 9-12 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
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