Help pours in for homeless fire victims in Phuket

27 January 2012, 9:53 am

house fire on Tuesday.Offers of assistance have been pouring in to the Phuket Gazette since the news was posted online. One reader even offered to rent his house out to them for six months for a ...... Read More »

Thailand gets taste for elephant meat

27 January 2012, 1:22 am

A taste for eating elephant meat has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the local species.... Read More »

Thailand elephants poached for meat

27 January 2012, 1:02 am

As species faces already dwindling numbers, a new taste for their meat may put them at even greater risk... Read More »

Phuket Local Food Fair starts today

25 January 2012, 9:17 am

Kids pose with one of two mascots based on the appearance of Phuket Provincial Administration Organization President Paiboon Upatising. They are expected to appear at tonight's event. Photo: ...... Read More »

Officials warn of ‘fake monks’ targeting Phuket tourists

20 January 2012, 11:24 am

PHUKET, Thailand -- The 'monk police’ of Phuket are warning everyone on the island of con men who are impersonating Buddhist monks and tricking locals and tourists into giving them ...... Read More »

Thailand - Journalist may have been killed for exposing land disputes

19 January 2012, 12:27 pm

A Thai journalist and political activist who often exposed land disputes was shot dead in Phuket, Thailand, report the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), the International Federation of ...... Read More »

Journalist Shot in Thailand’s South

15 January 2012, 1:58 pm

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked by the brutal murder on January 13 of owner and editor of Inside Phuket, Wisut "Ae" Tangwittayaporn, in Thailand’s southern island of Phuket. Wisut, 44, in addition to being the driving ...... Read More »

Renner not hurt in Thai bar brawl

5 January 2012, 1:42 pm

PHUKET, Thailand, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Jeremy Renner's publicist says the actor witnessed, but was not involved in, a melee at a bar in Thailand Thursday.... Read More »

Modesto's Renner escapes injury at Thailand bar stabbing

5 January 2012, 1:06 pm

Call it “The Bourne Escape.” Actor Jeremy Renner escaped injury early Wednesday in a bar attack in Phuket, Thailand, in which a man was slashed in the neck with a homemade ax and stabbed in the stomach.... Read More »

Jeremy Renner and Pals Attacked in Thailand

5 January 2012, 10:42 am

Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner was involved in a dangerous pub brawl in Phuket, Thailand, early Wednesday morning.... Read More »