Island Of Phuket

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  Air India Flight, On Way To Delhi, Makes Emergency Landing In Thailand After Bomb Threat

  An Air India flight from the Thai island of Phuket headed to Delhi requested an emergency landing on Friday after a bomb threat was received on board, Phuket's airport said,

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  Tens Of Thousands Of Tourists To Arrive In Thailand As Borders Reopen

  Tens of thousands of travellers were expected to touch down in Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs.

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  Crocodile In Paradise: Thailand's Hot Pursuit Of The "Evasive" Reptile

  Thailand is in hot pursuit of a cagey crocodile that has made unwelcome appearances off the beaches of resort island Phuket only to slip through the clutches of local authorities.

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  12 Dead, Dozens Missing As Chinese Tourist Boat Sinks Off Thailand

  Thailand's navy pulled 12 bodies from waters off the coast of the holiday island of Phuket on Friday after a tourist boat went down in heavy seas with dozens of Chinese passengers on board.

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  1 Dead, Dozens Of Chinese Tourists Missing As Thai Boat Capsizes

  Dozens of mainly Chinese passengers are missing after a boat capsized as high winds whipped up rough seas off the Thai tourist island of Phuket, officials said late Thursday.

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  Woman Swallows 1 Kg Cocaine Wrapped In 60 Packets, Held At Phuket Airport

  A 27-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast has been arrested on the Thai island of Phuket after an airport X-ray found more than one kilogramme of cocaine in her stomach wrapped in scores of small packets.

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  Thai Police Arrest First Suspect In Connection With Tourist-Town Bombs

  Thai police said on Monday they had arrested a suspect linked to Muslim separatists in connection with a wave of bombings in tourist towns last month that killed four people and wounded dozens, including foreigners.

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  German Tourist Killed by Box Jellyfish in Thailand

  A 20-year-old German tourist has died after being stung by a poisonous box jellyfish off the popular island resort of Koh Samui, police said today, the third known fatality in Thailand in just over a year.

• India joins the search for missing Malaysian jet

  Malaysia's military has traced what could have been the jetliner missing for almost five days to an area south of the Thai holiday island of Phuket, hundreds of miles from its last known position, the country's air force chief said on Wednesday.

• British boxer charged with killing US Marine in Thailand

  A British kickboxer who was extradited to Thailand could face the death penalty after being charged with the murder of an American on the resort island of Phuket, a court official said on Thursday.

• Nepal ex-prince held on Thai drugs charge: police

  Nepal's former crown prince Paras Shah has been granted bail after being arrested and charged with cannabis possession on the Thai resort island of Phuket, police said on Friday.

• Thailand's Phuket international airport closed after tsunami warning

  The international airport on the southern Thai tourist island of Phuket was closed on Wednesday after a tsunami warning was issued following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia, its director said.

• Jeremy Renner attacked in Thailand

  Jeremy Renner has been attacked in a bar brawl in Thailand which resulted in a man being stabbed in the neck.