Minister vows to find persons responsible for yesterday’s train incident



BANGKOK: -- Transport deputy minister Omsin Chivapruek said today that Airport Rail Link's executives must be held responsible for yesterday incident in which over 700 commuters were left stranded inside the locked electric train and were forced to break open the emergency exits to get out.

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Krabi raid nets a kilo of crystal meth
Phuket Gazette


Region 8 Police apprehended six suspects in Krabi and uncovered drugs and assets worth more than 4-million-baht. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

KRABI: -- A Region 8 Police task force smashed a six-man drug trafficking ring in Krabi over the weekend, seizing more than 40,000

methamphetamine pills (ya ba) and more than a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine (ya ice), as well as cash and assets with a combined value of more than 4 million baht.

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Brussels Zaventem airport rocked by two explosions

BRUSSELS: -- Two explosions have been reported at Zaventem airport in Brussels.

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Woman Goes Into Jealous Scissor-Stabbing Rage at Boots
By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee
Staff Reporter


A woman rushes Boots employee Looknam Kaipetch and stabs her repeatedly Monday in a still image from security footage of the incident

BANGKOK — A woman stabbed a female employee with a pair of scissors at a national pharmacy chain Monday afternoon.

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Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to lag behind ASEAN countries
BY LARRY BANKS

BANGKOK: -- The prospects for grown among ASEAN export-oriented economies of Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia are expected to remain weak compared with more demand-driven economies, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

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Bangkok is the second-most congested city in the world
BY VICTORIA HO

BANGKOK: -- Thailand's capital is known for being among some of the more congested cities in Southeast Asia, but a new study has now placed its traffic jams second just behind Mexico City.

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Explosions rock Brussels airport, subway; at least 13 dead

LORNE COOK, Associated Press

JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — Explosions rocked the Brussels airport and the subway system Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring many others just days after the main suspect in the November Paris attacks was arrested in the city, police said.

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Move to regulate diving industry
Chutharat Plerin

PHUKET: -- Independent diving excursions have been banned in Phuket and Phang Nga following a government move to tighten regulations and increase accountability in the previously self-regulated industry.

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Flat tyre, carelessness blamed for filthy Phuket pier
Kongleaphy Keam

PHUKET: -- Officials are blaming a garbage truck with a flat tyre and boat operators' carelessness for the piles of rubbish and spilled oil spotted on Chalong Pier yesterday.

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Armed gunmen ‘business as usual’ for bird’s nest island off Phuket
The Phuket News

The island where the incident happened is to the east of Koh Yao Yai. Image: Google Maps

PHUKET: -- A report by a local sailor threatened by a man brandishing an automatic rifle to keep away from an island east of Phuket has prompted nothing more than a warning by police for tourists to stay clear of bird-nest operations in Phang Nga Bay.

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Chinese tourists safe after Phuket tour bus fire
Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- Fourteen Chinese tourists were safely evacuated from their tour bus after it caught fire in Rassada, on the east side of Phuket Town, this afternoon (Mar 22).

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Trump slams Iran and the UN while drawing fire from Clinton
Euronews

Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump vowed an unbreakable bond with Israel, slammed the nuclear deal with Iran and challenged the United Nations for costing too much.

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After terror in Belgium, Phuket Airport security maintained, flights unaffected
Tanyaluk Sakoot

Security at Phuket Airport remains at the highest level without closing the facility, Airport Director Monrudee Gettuphan said today. Photo:

PHUKET: -- No flights in or out of Phuket have been affected in the outfall of the terror attacks in Belgium today (Mar 22), while security at Phuket International Airport remains at “Level 3 Plus”.

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