The Latest Breaking News from Phuket

Proud Group, a property arm of the Liptapanlop family, is scheduled to hold a soft opening of its Andamanda leisure entertainment complex and water park in Phuket next week, one year behind schedule due to the pandemic.

PHUKET: A woman with muscular atrophy was found dead with dog bite wounds to her neck at her home in Thalang district on Tuesday morning.

A 12-year-old boy in Phuket did not lose his sight because of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine but due to severe complications from sinusitis, medical experts on the island province said.

PHUKET: A 12-year-old boy reported to have become blind after receiving a second dose of Covid-19 vaccine had in fact lost his sight from a bacterial infection that spread to the optic nerve and the sphenoid sinus, doctors at Vachira Phuket Hospital said on Monday.

On April 30, after the last inbound visitor went through the RT-PCR testing process at Phuket airport, it represented the culmination of a 10-month mission for the quarantine team at the terminal.

A number of spectacular 5-star stays in dream destinations around the world are available for bidding during the online silent auction "Absolutely Fabulous Online Travel Sale", until midnight May 28.

Phuket is counting down to declaring Covid-19 an endemic disease after the tourist island reported fewer than 100 daily Covid-19 cases for the past 10 consecutive days, the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office said.

A Canadian wanted by police for the murder of an Indian gangster in Phuket has died in a plane crash in Canada.

A Canadian wanted by police for the murder of an Indian gangster in Phuket has died in a plane crash in Canada.

Napat Chaiyarak Christenko received 30 stitches to close the wound after being rushed to hospital, where it was later confirmed that the eight-year-old was bitten by a baby bull shark in Phuket, Thailand

Thailand's battered hotel sector is showing increased signs of fatigue as the global pandemic enters its third year. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Phuket, where over 73% of new hotel developments either lie dormant or have been put in hold, according to the Phuket-based consultancy C9 Hotelworks.