PHUKET -- Authorities on Wednesday demolished 36 shops illegally occupying parts of popular Surin beach as part of a campaign to regulate businesses on 50 beaches in this island province. Naval ...

Holidaymakers were left stunned and outraged when armed police officers and soldiers raided a picturesque beach in Thailand – to seize their personal parasols and sunloungers. The overly dramatic ...

A homeowner in Phuket has complained after a large steel reinforcing bar fell from a crane at a luxury condominium project ...

To access this arc of golden sand and clear waters, you have to be a guest of The Surin or Amanpuri resorts, the latter perched on the northern peninsula. I’m staying at The Surin and when looking ...

Frank’s quandary is more personal: how do you find peace and tranquillity in a tourist hotspot? “Last week I had Sunday off,” he explains over breakfast on the hotel balcony overlooking the property’s ...

One hundred years ago, Phuket was a lush, largely uninhabited island rich in natural resources such as tin, rubber and copra. Elephants and tigers roamed freely through its tropical jungles. Cut to ...